Birth name Moses Barrett III
Origin Greenville, North Carolina, United States
Genre(s) Southern hip hop, crunk
Occupation(s) Rapper
Years active 2001 - present
Label(s) Death Row Records
Website PeteyPablo.com
Moses Barrett III, known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American Southern hip hop artist from Greenville, North Carolina, signed to Death Row Records.
He is best known for his hit singles «Raise Up» and «Freek-a-Leek», along with rapping on Ciara’s Billboard Hot 100 #1 single «Goodies».Biography
Born in Greenville, Barrett left home aged 13 and lived on the streets of Baltimore and later Raleigh.[1] He spent six years in prison and on his release moved to New York City, where he met Black Rob and Busta Rhymes, and, according to legend, was signed by the A&R director of Jive Records after hearing him rapping in a club bathroom.[1] After a few guest spots, his first solo single was «Raise Up» in 2001, produced by Timbaland, followed by debut album Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry the same year.[1] «Raise Up» was helped by rotation on MTV and heavy play on urban radio, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Hot Rap Singles Chart.[2] The release of his second album, Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry, was delayed until 2004.[1] Lead single from the album, the sexually-explicit «Freek-a-Leek» was another major success, reaching #7 in the Hot 100, although little chart success followed.[2]
