1. Joell Ortiz was offered a recording contract to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings, but signed with Dr Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, an imprint of Interscope Records in 2006.
13 Facts About Joell Ortiz
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Joell Christopher Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican parents in Brooklyn, New York on July 6,1980, where he grew up in East Williamsburg.
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Joell Ortiz was formerly signed to Dr Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label.
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Joell Ortiz was featured in the Unsigned Hype column of the March 2004 issue of The Source Magazine and was selected as Chairman's Choice in XXL Magazine.
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The deal quickly went sour which caused Joell Ortiz to start beef with Jermaine.
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Joell Ortiz released his street album called The Brick: Bodega Chronicles April 24,2007, on Koch Records.
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The album was recorded while Joell Ortiz was trying to get signed and going through some tough times personally.
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Joell Ortiz is one quarter of the supergroup Slaughterhouse who released their highly anticipated Slaughterhouse EP on February 8,2011.
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Joell Ortiz first appeared on Kool G Rap's 2002 album The Giancana Story on the track "It's Nothing".
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Joell Ortiz parted ways with Aftermath Entertainment on April 15,2008.
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Joell Ortiz spoke of Eminem's excitement at working with him.
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On September 16,2014, Joell Ortiz released his third studio album House Slippers.
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In early 2019, before the release of his Monday album, Joell Ortiz was featured in the song "Revenge" on Cryptik Soul's album Killer's Blood.