Released: February 2, 2011

[Person 1]
They told me: "We're gonna catch you one of these nights and we're gonna kill you"

[Person 2]
Oooh

[Person 1]
You know, it don't worry me really cause they all tell me the same

[Person 2]
That doesn't bug you at all?

[Person 1]
Nope

[Person 2]
Some people would've said they'd be very worried if someone told them that - why, why, why don't you?

[Person 1]
Because, you know, if I'm gonna die, you know, let it happen now than later

Joell Ortiz

Joell Ortiz is a Brooklyn-based rapper of Puerto Rican descent, who was born on July 6, 1980.

His first big break came in March 2004, as a feature in The Source’s “unsigned hype column”; the second was winning the 2004 EA Sports Battle, which scored him a deal with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records. This success was short-lived, as Dupri voided the contract to sign rapper Sonny, which produced beef between Joell and Jermaine.

Joell’s first major studio release was the 2007 The Bodega Chronicles