Master P

This article is about the American rapper. For the medieval Hungarian historian known as Master P, see Anonymus (notary of Béla III).

Master P
Master P in 2002
Born
Percy Robert Miller

(1970-04-29) April 29, 1970 (age 54)[1]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other names
  • The Colonel
  • P. Miller
  • Nino Brown
  • The Ice Cream Man
  • The Ghetto Bill
Alma materMerritt College (BS)[2]
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • record executive
  • entrepreneur
  • investor
  • businessman
  • actor
  • professional basketball player
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Sonya C. Miller
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(m. 1989; div. 2022)​
Children9, including Romeo and Cymphonique
RelativesC-Murder (brother)
Silkk the Shocker (brother)
Mo B. Dick (cousin)
D The Business (cousin)
AwardsFull list
Musical career
GenresSouthern hip hop
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Formerly of

Percy Robert Miller Sr. (born April 29, 1970),[1] better known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, actor and entrepreneur. He founded the record label No Limit Records in 1991, which was relaunched into the spin-off labels New No Limit Records and No Limit Forever Records. Miller gained fame in the mid-1990s as the lead member and founder of the label's hip hop group TRU, as well as his fifth solo album Ice Cream Man (1996) and its namesake lead single. His 1997 single, "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

In total, Miller has released 15 studio albums.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NEIL STRAUSS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Master P Archives". Web.peralta.edu. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.