Half a Mill
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jasun Wardlaw |
Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | April 6, 1973
Died | October 22, 2003 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | (aged 30)
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1992–2003 |
Labels | Penalty Warlock Lo-Key |
Jasun Wardlaw[1] (April 6, 1973 – October 22, 2003) better known by his stage name Half a Mill, was a Brooklyn-based American rapper.
Career
[edit]Half a Mill was considered an underground rapper in the early 1990s. His mainstream breakthrough came in 1997 when he scored a guest spot on supergroup the Firm's only release, The Album.
Personal life and death
[edit]Wardlaw would commit suicide by shooting himself in the head in Brooklyn's Albany Projects on October 22, 2003. His body was found by police inside his apartment.[2][3] He left behind a son, Jasun Jabbar Wardlaw Jr., who is a rapper and actor.[4]
Half a Mill was the subject of the 2010 full-length documentary Player Hating: A Love Story by filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West.[5]
Discography
[edit]Album information |
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Half-A-Mill Demo Tape (with DJ Scratch)
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Milíon |
Da Hustle Don't Stop
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason (May 20, 2008). "Half-A-Mill > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ "New York Post - NYPD Daily Blotter". nypost.com. 24 October 2003. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "VannDigital - Bloodsport Claims Half A Mill Committed Suicide & No One From The Firm Came To His Funeral". vanndigital.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ "BIO".
- ^ "Player Hating: A Love Story". YoMaggie.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ Charts & Awards - Milíon