Ace Hood
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Ace Hood at Howard University's homecoming in 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Antoine McColister |
| Also known as | Lil' Ace |
| Born |
May 11, 1988 Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States |
| Origin | Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels |
We The Best, Republic (current) Cash Money, Def Jam (former) |
| Associated acts | DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Birdman, T-Pain, Lloyd, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Kevin Cossom, Mavado, Vado |
| Website | acehood-online |
Antoine McColister (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. He was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He is signed to DJ Khaled's label We the Best Music Group and was formerly signed to Def Jam Recordings and Cash Money Records. His song "Top of the World", from his debut studio album Gutta, was featured in the basketball simulation game, NBA 2K10. He has released four studio albums with his most successful being his last two albums, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Trials & Tribulations which was released on July 16, 2013. He is best known for the hit singles "Hustle Hard" and "Bugatti".
Ace Hood was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on May 11, 1988 and was raised by his mother with his younger cousin Ty Barton, Jr. in Deerfield Beach, part of Broward County. He graduated from Deerfield Beach High School. Following a football injury in the 10th grade, and after realizing he wouldn't be able to go pro, the Broward County native began to seriously consider rapping as a career. So Hood teamed up with a local group called Dollaz & Dealz and released a single titled "M.O.E." in 2006. He also began promoting himself via open mic events and talent shows around town.
In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the office of the WEDR 99 Jamz (located at the South Florida) radio station, where they mainly played the hip hop and R&B music. After Ace gave Khaled an autobiography and his demo tape, Khaled asked Ace to do a freestyle over the instrumental of his song "I'm So Hood" (which during at that time, the song was released as his single from his second album, We the Best), and later signed Hood to his We the Best Music Group label. Ace was named as an artist, along with several others, to be placed on the Freshmen of '09 by XXL magazine.
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