Birdman

Bryan "Baby" Williams (born February 15, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by his stage name Birdman, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, producer, founder of the label Cash Money Records and half of the rap duo Big Tymers along with Mannie Fresh. His solo career has produced five albums so far: 1993's independent release I Need a Bag of Dope, 2002's Birdman, 2005's Fast Money, 2007's 5 * Stunna, and 2009's Pricele$$. His fifth studio album, Bigger Than Life, will be released sometime in 2010 or early 2011. In 2006 he released a collaboration album with Lil Wayne, Like Father, Like Son, and in the future he plans to release a collaboration album with Rick Ross titled The H. Birdman was born and raised in Uptown New Orleans. With his brother Ronald "Slim" Williams, Birdman founded Cash Money Records in 1990. He used his first moniker B-32 (Baby with the 32 Golds) and released his only independent album I Need a Bag of Dope in 1993. In 1997, he joined rapper Mannie Fresh to form the duo Big Tymers.[1] Big Tymers debuted in 1998 with the album How Ya Luv That? and went on to release I Got That Work in 2000 and Hood Rich in 2002. I Got That Work had the hit singles "Get Your Roll On" and "#1 Stunna"; Hood Rich had "Still Fly", which was nominated for a Grammy, and "Oh Yeah!". Big Money Heavyweight followed in 2003; the group disbanded in 2004