Big Gipp

Big Gipp
Big Gipp
	Big Gipp in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Cameron F. Gipp
Also known as	Gipp; Gipp Goodie;
Born	April 28, 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Southern hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1991–present
Labels	MNRK;
Member of	Dungeon Family; Goodie Mob;
Formerly of	Ali & Gipp
Spouse	Joi Gilliam (m. 1995⁠–⁠2003)

Cameron F. Gipp^[1] (born April 28, 1973^[2]), better known by his stage name Big Gipp, is an American rapper. He is a member of the Atlanta-based hip hop group Goodie Mob, with whom he has released six studio albums, as well as the duo Ali & Gipp, with whom he has released one. He is known for his slow, drawn-out rapping dialect with political and street-life themed lyrics.^[3]

Released independently, his debut solo album, Mutant Mindframe (2003), narrowly entered the US Billboard 200. He received a nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for his guest appearance alongside Paul Wall and Ali on Nelly's 2005 single "Grillz", which also peaked the Billboard Hot 100. As one half of Ali & Gipp, their debut studio album, Kinfolk (2007), also narrowly entered the Billboard 200.

Biography

Gipp was born into a military household on April 28, 1973 in East Point, Georgia. He graduated from Benjamin Elijah Mays High School in Atlanta.^[2] He began rapping with Khujo, T-Mo and Cee-Lo forming the Goodie Mob, a group that became part of the musical collective Dungeon Family. Gipp debuted on the song "Git Up, Git Out" from Outkast's debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in 1994. 1995 saw the release of Goodie Mob debut studio album Soul Food. Since then he participated in various Dungeon Family-related projects as one-fourth of the Goodie Mob as well as a solo artist.

After the group has released three studio albums to critical and commercial success for LaFace/Arista Records, the group left the label with each member having a chance to pursue a solo career. Gipp got signed with independent record label Koch Records to release his first solo album Mutant Mindframe in 2003. The following year, the trio of Gipp, T-Mo and Khujo reunited to release Goodie Mob's fourth studio album, One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, through Koch. Furthermore he appeared on two songs from T-Mo and Khujo album The Goodie Mob Presents: Livin' Life as Lumberjacks, which was dropped in 2005 also under Koch Records, and Goodie Mob went on hiatus.

Gipp featured on Nelly's song "Boy" from the latter's 2004 album Sweat, and the following year they collaborated on the song "Grillz", which also featured Paul Wall and Nelly's St. Lunatics groupmate Ali. The single become a number-one hit in the United States and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, but lost to Chamillionaire's "Ridin' Dirty" with Krayzie Bone. This led Ali & Gipp to release a collaborative studio album Kinfolk in 2007, which made it to number 174 on the US Billboard 200.

In 2013, Goodie Mob returned as a quartet to release their fifth studio album, Age Against the Machine, for The Right Records/Primary Wave/Atlantic Records. Gipp has been announcing his sophomore solo studio album titled Zagga,^[4] but the effort was never released.

In 2020, Gipp joined forces with Daz Dillinger to release a collaborative extended play ATLA.^[5] Later that year, the foursome Goodie Mob released their sixth studio album, Survival Kit.^[6]

On February 17, 2023, Gipp together with rapper/producer James Worthy released a five-track collaborative EP entitled Gipp N Worthy with the lead single "TOTW".^[7]

Personal life

From 1995 to 2003, Gipp was married to singer Joi Gilliam. The couple has a daughter named Keypsiia.

Discography

Solo albums

Mutant Mindframe (2003)^[8]

Collaborative albums

Kinfolk with Ali (2007)
ATLA with Daz Dillinger (2020)
Gipp N Worthy with James Worthy (2023)

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Decatur Psalm"	1996	Outkast, Cool Breeze	ATLiens
"4 In the Temple"	1997	Witchdoctor, Phoenix, T-Mo	...A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual
"Dope Stories"	1998	P.A., Pimp C	Straight No Chase
"Y'all Scared"	1998	Outkast, Lumberjacks	Aquemini
"Alright"	1999	JT Money	Pimpin' on Wax
"We've Been Trying Too Long"	1999	Solé	Skin Deep
"Sole Sunday"	2000	Outkast	Music From the Motion Picture Any Given Sunday
"Whatcha Know"		Three 6 Mafia	When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1
"We Servin'"		—	Music From and Inspired By Shaft
"Dope Stories (Remix)"		P.A., Noreaga, Pimp C	My Life, Your Entertainment
"For Sale"		Mack 10, YoungBloodZ, Techniec	The Paper Route
"Connect"		DJ Hurricane, Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit	Don't Sleep
"Storm Chaser"		Rehab, CeeLo Green	Southern Discomfort
"We Luv Deez Hoez"		Outkast, Backbone	Stankonia
"Believe That"	2001	Backbone, Slimm Calhoun	Concrete Law
"Domestic Violence Pt. 2"		RZA	Digital Bullet
"Bump Heads"		Mr. Cheeks	John P. Kelly
"Don't Say Shit"		UGK	Dirty Money
"Follow the Light"		Sleepy Brown, Cee-Lo, Big Boi, Shuga Luv	Even in Darkness
"Trans DF Express"		Cee-Lo, Outkast, Backbone
"On & On & On"		Big Boi, Witchdoctor, T-Mo, Khujo
"Emergency"		Mello, Backbone
"6 Minutes (Dungeon Family It's On)"		Big Boi, Witchdoctor, Goodie Mob, Backbone, Cool Breeze, Big Rube
"White Gutz"		Sleepy Brown, Big Boi, Bubba Sparxxx, Cee-Lo, Khujo
"Excalibur"		Khujo, Cee-Lo, Big Rube
"Hands on Yo Hipz"		Thrill Da Playa	The Return of Big Bronco
"Ghetto Dream (Roll Wit Me 2K1)"		Co-Ed	Utopia
"Suga Baby"	2002	CeeLo Green, Backbone	Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
"Keep You Chullin out the Street"		Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz	Kings of Crunk
"Pimp Life"		Too $hort, Devin the Dude, Bun B	What's My Favorite Word?
"By Myself (Remix)"		DJ Kizzy Rock, Manish Man	The Realist
"I Hear Ya Talkin'"	2003	Archie Eversole	—
"Tomb of the Boom"		Outkast, Konkrete, Ludacris	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
"From tha Streets"		Mr. Mike, Backbone, C-Smooth	Piping Hot
"Hand Ya Hipz"		Thrill Da Playa	Broamz, Chrome & Redbones
"Dirty Dirty"		DJ Whoo Kid, Young Buck, Tity Boi	G-Unit Radio Part 4: No Peace Talks!
"Do What You Wanna Do"	2004	B.G., 6 Shot	Life After Cash Money
"Boy"		Nelly, Lil' Flip	Sweat
"21 Gun Salute"		DJ Muggs, Chace Infinite	Legends of Hip Hop
"Superfriends"	2005	Lumberjacks	The Goodie Mob Presents: Livin' Life as Lumberjacks
"24/7/365"		Lumberjacks	The Goodie Mob Presents: Livin' Life as Lumberjacks
"Let 'Em Fight"		Ali	The Longest Yard (Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
"Grillz"	2006	Nelly, Paul Wall, Ali	Sweatsuit
"On Your Mind"		Pimp C, Jagged Edge, Big Zak, Ali	Pimpalation
"Watcha Know 'Bout My Life"		Da BackWudz	Wood Work
"Battle Field"		8Ball, Dirt Bag	Light Up the Bomb
"Digital Experience"	2007	J. Wells	Digital Smoke
"Like Diss"	2007	Khujo Goodie, Sean Paul, Trae	Mercury
"Purse Come First"	2009	UGK	UGK 4 Life
"Passed Out"	2009	Dallas Austin Experience	8DazeAWeakend
"What Would I Do"	2014	Calvin Richardson	I Am Calvin
"Anotha Day Anotha Dolla"	2014	Scotty ATL	Spaghetti Junction
"Forty Below"	2016	Kokane, Bootsy Collins	King of GFunk
"I’ll B Gone"	2016	Cold 187um, Ice-T	The Black Godfather (Act One)
"Bang Bang G Mix"	2018	Daz Dillinger, B-Legit	Dazamataz