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- NAME: Master P
- OCCUPATION: Music Producer, Rapper
- BIRTH DATE: April 29, 1970 (Age: 43)
- EDUCATION: Warren Easton High School, University of Houston, Merritt Junior College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Originally: Percy Miller
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
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Master P is a rapper and hip-hop mogul who founded No Limit Records.
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He says that his son, Percy Romeo Miller Jr., born in 1989 and known by the stage name Romeo, inspired his sudden career turnabout. Master P remembers driving with his son one afternoon when one of his own songs came over the car stereo, and he felt compelled to turn down the volume so that his son would not hear the inappropriate lyrics.
"I make so much money off of hip-hop that, you know, I was once the part of the problem," he says. "And now, I want to be a part of the solution." In 2007,
Master P and Romeo co-founded a new record label, Take a Stand Records, to promote hip-hop music with no profanity and a positive message. Master P has also established a series of P. Miller Youth Centers to counsel and educate underprivileged youth in cities throughout America. He released his first book, Guaranteed Success When You Never Give Up, in 2007.
To describe a life that has seen him change from impoverished child, to gangster rap hero, to entertainment mogul, to urban youth activist, the metaphor Master P prefers is that of a soldier. "I'll fight," he says. "I would die for this: it's all I've got. If I don't have this, I'm going back to the ghetto. And I don't want to go back because I didn't want to be there in the first place.''
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