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"Jay Wayne Jenkins", better known by his stage name "Young Jeezy" or simply "Jeezy", is an American rapper and Hip hop music/hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)/Georgia. He is the de facto leader of Southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America (USDA) and a former member of Boyz n da Hood as well as the Black Mafia Family (BMF). He embarked on his career in 2001, under an independent label and joined Boyz n da Hood in 2005, the same year his solo major-label debut Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 was released. Its lead single "Soul Survivor (Young Jeezy song)/Soul Survivor", which featured R&B singer Akon, became a top-ten hit in the US.

Jeezy's second album The Inspiration, followed in 2006, and his third The Recession, followed in 2008; both albums yielded chart-topping singles. Jeezy has also appeared on numerous other hip hop and Contemporary R&B/R&B singles such as "Say I" by Christina Milian, "I'm So Paid" by Akon, "Hard (Rihanna song)/Hard" by Rihanna, and "Love in This Club" by Usher (entertainer)/Usher, the latter becoming a number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100/Billboard Hot 100, in 2008. To date, he has received four Grammy Award/Grammy nominations.