Hailing from College Park, GA, rapper
Slimm Calhoun grew up listening to the groundbreaking hip-hop sounds of
Run-D.M.C.,
Kurtis Blow, and
Grandmaster Flash. In 1994 he hooked up with
Outkast and
the Dungeon Family crew, who took
Calhoun under their wing.
Calhoun signed to
Outkast's own label, Aquemini (via Elektra), in the late '90s. His Aquemini debut,
The Skinny, was originally supposed to be issued in mid-2000, but its release date kept getting pushed back until April 2001. Despite the delay,
Calhoun kept himself busy by guesting on
Outkast's breakthrough album,
Stankonia (the track "Gangsta Shit"), and toured with
Outkast as part of the rapper's Stank Love tour, joining in on a medley of three songs from
The Skinny each night. ~ Greg Prato