Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr. (born January 3, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Atlanta, Georgia), who is simply known as Lloyd, is an R&B singer.

[edit] Early years
. Lloyd, his mother, and older sister moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Avondale High School in.. Decatur, Georgia. Lloyd was discovered by Joyce Irby and then made a member of the preteen group N-Toon. The group was signed to DreamWorks Records, and although two singles were released ("Ready" & "Shoulda Been My Girl"), their debut album "Toon Time" went unnoticed due to a lack of promotion from the label.

The group eventually disbanded and Lloyd began shopping around for a solo deal. He soon was signed to MCA Records with his first single-to-be "Young Girl". Unfortunately, as MCA Records dissolved into its parent company, Geffen Records, many of the artists on its roster were let go (including Lloyd). However, using "Young Girl" as a demo, he landed a new recording contract with The Inc./Def Jam Records with Irv Gotti. "Southside", a duet with labelmate Ashanti, became his debut single and became an R&B hit. The follow-up single was "Hey Young Girl", which wasn't as successful as "Southside". His childhood friend Ciara was in the video and he is in the video of her hit 1, 2 Step. The two grew up together and she thanks him in her Goodie cd, saying "Lloyd aka young ladi love you so much!". Both singles appeared on his 2004 debut album, titled Southside. A third single was never announced. Since then, Lloyd has appeared singing the hooks on singles for labelmate Ja Rule's "Caught Up" which featured Alexus, as well as rapper Tango Redd's "Let's Cheat". He's also made an appearance in R&B singer Sammie's video "You Should Be My Girl" with Teairra Mari

According to an interview with DJBooth.net, Lloyd admitted to host DJ "Z," that he has about twenty tattoos. They include a picture of his father, Young Goldie Music logo (his company) and a rebel baby angel.[1]


[edit] Fame
In 2006, a newly-recorded track titled "You", featuring previous-collaborator Lil Wayne (and an alternate version featuring Tango Redd), had surfaced, appearing on Lloyd's MySpace page. His second studio album, titled Street Love, was released on March 13, 2007. It has also been confirmed that Lloyd has joined Sho'nuff Records and although his contract with The Inc. Records isn't over, they're still promoting his single with Lil' Wayne . The single gained airplay on BET LATE and it was #1 on BET's 106 & Park Top 10 Live (it was "retired" from the countdown on March 13, 2007, after appearing for 65 days, 35 days at Number One. It has been placed in the show's Hall of Fame)when it was it was number 1 when it retired.

Most recently, he, and Lil Wayne, performed "You" on 106 & Park's 106& Party for New Years Eve and on Total Request Live on February 7, 2007. His second single "Get It Shawty" had a video premiere and was released to radio in March.

His album Street Love was certified Gold by the RIAA in April 2007.[2]and sold over 1,000,000 copies

Lloyd has also made guest appearances on television shows. Most notably are his frequent appearances on the hit show "One On One", an episode of Wild 'N Out on June 21, 2007 and on a show called Gotti's Way on Vh1.


[edit] Discography
Main article: Lloyd discography

[edit] Albums
2004: Southside
2007: Street Love
2008 (tba) coming 2008

[edit] Solo singles
2004: "Southside" (featuring Ashanti)
2004: "Hey Young Girl"
2006: "You" (featuring Lil' Wayne)
2007: "Valentine"
2007: "Get It Shawty"
2007: "Player's Prayer"

[edit] Featured singles
2004: "Forever" (8Ball & MJG featuring Lloyd)
2004: "Let's Cheat" (Tango Redd featuring Lloyd)
2005: "Caught Up" (Ja Rule featuring Lloyd)
2007: "When I Hustle" (Huey featuring Lloyd)
2007: "Secret Admirer" (Pitbull featuring Lloyd)

[edit] Guest appearances
"Caught Up" (Ja Rule featuring Lloyd)
"Where I'm From" (Ja Rule featuring Lloyd)
"Forever" (8Ball & MJG featuring Lloyd)
"Take Me Tonight" (Ashanti featuring Lloyd)
"Tear It Up" (Young Jeezy featuring Lloyd & Slick Pulla)
"Tear It Up" Remix (Young Jeezy featuring Lloyd & Too Short)
"Let's Cheat" (Tango Redd featuring Lloyd)
"Street Life" (Rick Ross featuring Lloyd)
"Look At Her" Remix (One Chance featuring Lloyd, Bobby Valentino & Trey Songz)
"ATL" (Baby D. featuring Lloyd)
"Ready, Willing Able" (Taniya featuring Lloyd)
"Cool Mint" (Trillville featuring Lloyd)
"So Into You" (Young Argo featuring Lloyd)
"**** Poppin'" (Lil' Scrappy featuring Lloyd)
"The Bandits" (Lil' Wayne & Lloyd)
"Everything" (Hypnotik featuring Lloyd)
"Pain I Feel" (Blak Jak featuring Lloyd)
"Like A Movie" (P$C featuring Lloyd)
"When I Hustle" (Huey featuring Lloyd)
"They Ain't ****" (Sean Paul of YoungBloodz featuring Lloyd)
"Real Playa Like" (Fabolous featuring Lloyd)
"Bien Veniidos" (Trilltown Mafia featuring Lloyd)
"ID (Show Me Some) (EDUBB featuring Lloyd])
"I Can Hook It Up" (Janai Malee featuring Lloyd)
"Hit Me Up" (The A'z featuring Lloyd)
"Darkness To Light" (Fabo & Khujo Goodie featuring Lloyd)
"Ghetto Queen" (Trae featuring Lloyd & Rich Boy)
"Secret Admirer" (Pitbull featuring Lloyd)
"Gotta Girl" (Martell featuring Lloyd)
"Keep It On the Hush" (Chamillionare featuring Lloyd)
"Manager" (Yung Berg featuring Lloyd)
"Feelin' It" Official Remix (Sammie featuring Lloyd & T-Pain)
"Girl From Da South" (Montana featuring Lloyd)
"Superstar" (I-15 featuring Lloyd)
"A Little Bit If Everything" (Yola Da Great featuring Lloyd)
"No More" (Dj Drama featuring Lloyd, Willie Da Kid & T.I)
"Between Me And You" (Kesean featuring Lloyd)
"Betta Run" (Stormey Outlaw featuring Lloyd)
"Get Paid" (Ja Rule featuring Lloyd)
"Show Us Some Love" (Lloyd)
"Rush" (Sisqó featuring Lloyd)
"Life" (BNBV featuring Lloyd)
"Breath" (Lloyd)
"Hydro" (Lloyd)
"If We ****" (Ali & Gipp featuring Lloyd)
"Can't Get Over" (Hakeem featuring Lloyd)
"Devil In A Dress" (Lloyd featuring Ja Rule & Harry-O)
"Call Me" (Gorilla Zoe featuring Lloyd)
Lloyd ft.Ludacris - How We Do It In The A

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