Bubba Sparxxx
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Sparxxx in 2008
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| Birth name | Warren Anderson Mathis |
| Also known as | Bubba |
| Born | March 6, 1977 |
| Origin | Near LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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Warren Anderson Mathis (born March 6, 1977), better known as Bubba Sparxxx, is an American rapper. He is perhaps best known for his singles "Deliverance", "Ugly", and "Ms. New Booty", the latter of which peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Mathis grew up in a rural area near LaGrange, Georgia. His father was a school bus driver, and his mother was a grocery store cashier. His closest neighbor, who lived half a mile away, introduced him to rap music through mixtapes mailed from New York City. The music of 2 Live Crew was his introduction to hip hop; he began listening to West Coast gangsta rap such as N.W.A and Too Short and the Atlanta duo Outkast. With rapping as a hobby, he was a tight end and linebacker for his high school's football team and earned All-Region honors in his senior year.Steve Herndon, a former offensive lineman for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos, played football with him during high school, according to an interview with Down-South.com. In 2007, he moved to Tampa, Florida.
In 1996 he moved to Athens, Georgia, where he met industry veteran (and now manager and business partner) Bobby Stamps. Stamps noticed him rapping after a University of Georgia football game and arranged for him to work with many artists in Athens and Atlanta to complete his first CD. Bubba Sparxxx's first commercial CD release, Dark Days, Bright Nights, saw some success in Georgia and caught the attention of Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records. Sparxxx signed to Interscope and began working with record producers Timbaland and Organized Noize. The major-label reissue of Dark Days, Bright Nights, released via Timbaland's Beat Club Records imprint and which now included five collaborations with Timbaland and two with Organized Noise, debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. In 2002, he had a minor hit being featured on Archie Eversole's "We Ready", which became popular for being played at sport events, such as football and basketball games. In late 2003, he returned with his second album, Deliverance, which was critically acclaimed but sold poorly.
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