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A South Carolinian with a self-described "gumbo of crunk, snap, and other popular Southern rap styles,"
Lil' Ru earned his first stutter-start as a teenager in 2001 when fellow Palmetto-stater
Angie Stone took him under her wing and got him inked to Elektra Records. While label shake-ups would stall the MC's breakthrough,
Lil' Ru continued to compose local classics, his trawling drawl only a slight bit less guttural than
Lil Jon's. By 2009, the rapper had rebounded to Capitol Records and had a breaking hit with the strip club-touting "Nasty Song," off his debut
21 and Up. ~ Jason Thurston