Waka Flocka Flame with Big Reeno, Charlie Mizza & YS at The Hub Fargo

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Waka Flocka Flame burst onto the Atlanta hip-hop scene with his debut single, “O Let’s Do It” after watching his mother, Debra Mizay – now the CEO of artist management group Mizay Entertainment – manage the career for fellow ATLien, Gucci Mane. His talent and industry connections lead to a string of chart-topping singles including a remix of “O Let’s Do It,” featuring Rick Ross and Diddy. The remix propelled Waka’s career to the point where he was able to take his show on the road in Gucci Mane’s 1017 Brick Squad clique.

“Gucci and them were kind of shocked,” said Waka, “because nobody really knew I was rapping and then, all of a sudden, I had the biggest song in the South.”

After a successful tour, Waka then went on to release a collaboration album with Gucci Mane, titled Ferrari Boyz, which charted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 in 2011.

Waka has released two studio albums since then: Flockaveli (2010), titled after the Italian political theorist Machiavelli and inspired by Tupac Shakur, whose final stage name and pseudonym before his death was Makaveli, and Triple F Life (2012), which features guest appearances from industry greats like Drake, Nicki Minaj, B.o.B., Trey Songz, Ludacris, and Travis Porter.

“I never dreamed I would be doing what I’m doing today,” says Waka, who earned his unique nickname from a cousin when he was younger while they were watching an episode of Jim Henson’s classic puppet show, The Muppet Show (he later added the “Flocka Flame” to the end of it at the suggestion of Gucci Mane). “I never imagined I’d become a rapper, let alone a successful rapper.”