Born on November 28, 1979, Hakeem Temidayo Seriki is an American rapper better known by his stage name Chamillionaire .
From 2001 until the group’s breakup in 2005, he was The Color Changin’ Click’s founder and founding member. In 2002, he started his solo career with regional releases, such as the joint album Get Ya Mind Correct with Paul Wall, a fellow Houston rapper and boyhood buddy.
Is Chamillionaire African?
Chamillionaire was born in Washington, D.C., to a Muslim Yoruba father and an African-American Christian mother.
At the age of four, the family relocated to Houston, Texas. Chamillionaire’s parents divorced when he was a young adolescent. He moved into the northwest Houston community of Acres Homes. He went to Jersey Village High School with Paul Wall, his rap collaborator.
In 2005, he joined Universal Records, and with Universal, he released The Sound of Revenge. It featured the number-one, Grammy-winning smash “Ridin'” with Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and the hit singles “Turn It Up” with Lil’ Flip. In 2007, Ultimate Victory came out, and it stood out for not having any foul language. Also well-known is Chamillionaire’s highly anticipated Mixtape Messiah series, which lasted from 2004 to 2009.
