Coo Coo Cal

Coo Coo Cal
Birth nameCalvin Bellamy
Born (1970-07-04) July 4, 1970 (age 54)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
GenresHip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active1996-Present
LabelsTommy Boy, F.U.P. MOB, Suave House Records, Tone Struck Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

Calvin Bellamy (born July 4, 1970), better known as Coo Coo Cal, is an American rapper and truck driver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His single "My Projects" went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart in 2001.[1]

Coo Coo Cal’s debut album, Game, was released in 1996, on In The Trunk Records. Cal's sophomore album, Walkin' Dead, was released in 1999 on Infinite Recordings.[2] Tommy Boy Records released Cal's third album, Disturbed on September 18, 2001. The album spawned Cal's most successful single to date, "My Projects", which topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.[3]

After leaving Tommy Boy in 2002, Cal released a follow-up to Walkin' Dead entitled Still Walkin'. A fifth album, All or Nothin', followed in 2004. In 2018, Coo Coo Cal returned to release a new single, "Home", on Tone Struck Entertainment and a tell-all documentary.[4]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
U.S. U.S. R&B
1996 Game
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: In The Trunk
 – –
1999 Walkin' Dead
  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Infinite
 – –
2001 Disturbed
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Tommy Boy
 45 15
2002 Still Walkin'
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: Infinite
 – 30
2004 All or Nothin'
  • Released: April 6, 2004
  • Label: 33rd Street
 – –

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
2001 "My Projects" #81 #22 #1

References

  1. ^ Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ Cantor, Paul (15 May 2012). "The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders". Complex. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ Wild, Matt (13 June 2018). "With a new single and tell-all documentary, it's the summer of Coo Coo Cal". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ^ Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.


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