Bobby Shmurda
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Ackquille Jean Pollard August 4, 1994 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2014-present |
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Ackquille Jean Pollard (born August 4, 1994), known professionally as Bobby Shmurda, is an American rapper and songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. Pollard signed a deal with Epic Records after his track "Hot Nigga" peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
On December 17, 2014, New York City Police arrested Pollard, where he was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and reckless endangerment. In 2016, he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to prison for seven years, which was reduced to five due to credit for the two years served awaiting trial counting towards the sentence.
Bobby Shmurda was born Ackquille Jean Pollard in Miami, Florida, the youngest of two sons born to a Trinidadian mother and a Jamaican father. After his birth, he and his mother were moved to Brooklyn, New York, after his father's incarceration, before living in East Flatbush. Shmurda also had run-ins with the law while living in Brooklyn, including spending fifteen months in detention for probation violation, as well as being arrested on a gun charge that was later dropped.
Shmurda began rapping at the age of 10. In 2004, the first song that he remixed was Crime Mob's "Knuck If You Buck", however, it did not receive any notable attention until 2014, with the release of the song, called "Hot Nigga". The song features the beat from the Lloyd Banks' song "Jackpot". Shmurda gained notoriety from the video, where he performs the "Shmoney dance", choreography that he made in the summer of 2013. The song became popular, seeing amongst the vine users, which soon led to the "Shmoney dance" meme, which has since been performed by Beyoncé on her On the Run Tour, with her husband and American rapper Jay Z; as well as being used by a Canadian rapper Drake, while hosting the 2014's ESPY Awards. Freestyles of the song were made by a variety of fellow rappers since its release, including Juicy J,French Montana,Lil' Kim,Gunplay and T.I.. The song peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Rap Digital chart While the song was remixed, which features guest vocals from Chris Brown, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes. Bobby Shmurda made a guest appearance on the television show Real Husbands of Hollywood on the show's fourth season in the episode, "Hart Medication".
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