Artist Former roster
Gorilla Zoe
East Point, Georgia rapper Alonzo Keith Mathis Jr. stepped into Boyz n da Hood as Gorilla Zoe, then went solo on Bad Boy with Welcome to the Zoo (2007).
Gorilla Zoe came out of East Point with Atlanta mud on the tires and melody in the mayhem. In 2006, when Jeezy, who led Boyz n da Hood, left the Bad Boy group, Zoe slid in and kept the trunk talking. Back Up n da Chevy arrived in 2007 with Zoe on board. Critics and buyers both shrugged, and the group broke up after it.
Solo, with Bad Boy, Atlantic and Block behind him, he did better: Welcome to the Zoo (2007) cracked the Billboard Top 20, with “Hood Figga” doing work on the charts, because Zoe understood the assignment: hooks you can chant, beats you feel in your chest.
That’s the South and Bad Boy chemistry: different city, same hunger.
Discography 3
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Singles 1
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Appears on 4
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Frequent collaborators
Songs shared across Bad Boy releases
