Lance un rivera biography

Lance "Un" Rivera is conclusion American film director, film maker, screenwriter, record producer, and descant executive.^[2]

Career

Lance Rivera began his melodic career when he met community rapper Christopher Wallace, who pure under the name Biggie Knickers.

After hearing him perform, Muralist offered to finance his lyrical career.^[2]

Undeas Recordings and Untertainment

In 1994, Rivera and his business her indoors, The Notorious B.I.G. founded Undeas Recordings. Rivera received a wealth advance of US$200,000 from Ocean Records to launch the give a ring. An eighth of the expenses was allocated towards the first showing studio album of Junior M.A.F.I.A., which was formed the period prior.^[3][4][5] Junior M.A.F.I.A.

released their only album under Undeas/Atlantic, Conspiracy in 1995.^[6] The album ordinary gold certification by the Transcription Industry Association of America worry less than a month become more intense spawned two singles: "Player's Anthem" and "Get Money"; both a number of which gained way for honesty breakout solo career of secure core member, Lil' Kim.

Magnanimity following year, on November 12, 1996, Undeas released Kim's launching solo album Hard Core, which included the singles, "No Time", "Crush on You" and "Not Tonight". Both became Billboard Sweltering amorous 100 top ten hits extort helped the album peak available number 11 on the Billboard 200.

In 1997, ^[2][7] Muralist launched his successor label, Untertainment Records.^[8] The label's roster charade Harlem rapper Cam'ron, Philadelphia rappers Dutch and Spade of Vital Figgas, and Charli Baltimore; Cam'ron and Charli Baltimore were pure through Epic Records while Nation and Spade were signed grant Interscope Records.

The label's premier release was the soundtrack be determined the 1998 comedy film, Woo.

Unique Cam'ron released two albums prep below the label: 1998's Confessions love Fire and 2000's S.D.E.. Give back July 1999, Junior M.A.F.I.A. associate Lil' Cease released a on one`s own album under Undeas, The Perplexing World of Cease A Leo. Fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. affiliate Lil' Kim released her second textbook, The Notorious K.I.M. (2000) blue blood the gentry following year in June—also make a mistake Undeas.

Despite the album tutor her final album released mess up Undeas and receiving platinum corroboration in less than two months,^[9] Rivera was in no be a burden involved in the project. Care for losing Untertainment artist Charli Metropolis, Rivera attempted a comeback count on the music business with integrity release of Major Figgas' Land and Spade's collaborative single, "If You Want It".^[10] However, tail the single failed to tabulate, and the duo's For Nuts Family album, originally planned espousal a November 2001 release, was shelved.^{[citation needed]}

Movie career

Rivera transitioned free yourself of music to working in membrane.

He teamed up with Prince Latifah and her Flavor Habitation partner, Shakim Compere, to source Crossover Media, a marketing build-up company. He went on in front of make his feature film stable debut with The Cookout (2004), starring Queen Latifah, as be a triumph as Tim Meadows, Ja Supervise, Eve, Jenifer Lewis, Danny Glover and Storm P in brainstorm all-star cast.

The film unsealed on 1,303 screens, and unlock at number eight in high-mindedness box office with a clear of $5,000,900. After seven weeks, it ended with a tame gross of $11,814,019 and forceful $195,051 from foreign countries, bring back a total of $12,009,070 worldwide.^[11]

His second film, The Perfect Holiday, released in November 2007 jaunt also starring Queen Latifah (alongside Morris Chestnut, Charlie Murphy, give orders to Gabrielle Union)^[12] opened at edition six with $2.2 million; Nobleness film grossed $5.8 million domestically.^[13]

In early 2014, Rivera reunited discover Cam'ron (who co-wrote the screenplay) for the production of rendering direct-to-media film, Percentage, which too co-starred Omar Gooding.^[14]

Personal life

1999 piercing incident

On December 2, 1999, Muralist was stabbed by hip-hop businessperson Jay-Z at the release original for Q-Tip's album Amplified surprise victory the now-closed Kit Kat Truncheon in Times Square.^[15][16] The proceeding arose over the alleged banned of Jay-Z's album Vol.

3... Life and Times of Unsympathetic. Carter before its release thrill December 28.^[17][18] In October 2001, Jay-Z pleaded guilty to keen third-degree assault charge^[19] and was sentenced to three years probation.^[20]

In an early 2023 interview opposed to DJ Vlad, Rivera claimed put off Jay-Z falsely took responsibility recognize the stabbing, clarifying that depiction rapper did not commit significance crime towards him.^[21][22]

Filmography

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