Says Juvenile, "Crunk piggybacked off of bounce music." Having come up in the Hot Boys group alongside superstar Lil Wayne, New Orleans rapper Juvenile is a Southern hip-hop veteran, and a chart-topping one as well, having climbed the U.S. The call-and-response track quickly blew up and earned Juvenile his own solo deal with Warlock Records, before Cash Money even existed. "A lot of musical styles came from New Orleans." As history would have it though, it was a then-15-year-old Juvenile who recorded the first bounce track, entitled "Bounce For The Juvenile," back in 1989 for DJ Jimi's It's Jimi! album. "I don't feel like I've done nothing yet," says a blinged out Juve, in response to whether he should get the credit for fathering "bounce" music. While the mainstream continues to ride the crunk music bandwagon, Juvenile is modest about the sub-genre of hip-hop that preceded crunk and gave him his first hit record.
"UTP was like a coalition for Uptown rappers." Through his rap activity, Juvenile became instrumental in helping shape New Orleans' hip hop scene. He has released ten albums which have spawned some of rap's most popular club hits, started his own UTP label imprint, and unbeknownst to many, laid the foundation for hip-hop's Southern revolution. Rapping since the age of ten, Juvenile formed a group called the UTP, a name that he has tattooed on his stomach in honor of his old Uptown crew, many of whom are either dead or locked up. The New Orleans native has been consistently putting it down for over 20 years.
Terius Gray may call himself Juvenile, but he is no young buck when it comes to the music business. Terius Gray (born March 25, 1975), better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper, actor, and songwriter.
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