Glasses Malone
Glasses Malone
Charles Phillip Ivory Penniman was born in Los Angeles, on December 10, 1979. He grew up in the Watts and Compton areas of South Central LA with a mother who was a drug-dealer. She ended up serving a 25-year prison sentence for narcotics charges.
Malone is a former member of the Crips but rose to prominence alongside the Blood-affiliated Black Wall Street Records founded by The Game. He would eventually sign with Cash Money records in 2011.
He also launched his own label, Division Media Corporation, in 2014.