Yukmouth

Jerold Dwight Ellis III (born October 18, 1974),^[1] better known by his stage name Yukmouth, is an American rapper. He is the founder of The Regime, Smoke-A-Lot Records and Godzilla Entertainment.

Yukmouth
Yukmouth in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Jerold Dwight Ellis III
Also known as	Godzilla, JJ, Thug Lord, Smoke-A-Lot
Born	(1974-10-18) October 18, 1974 (age 50)
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Rap-A-Lot Smoke-A-Lot Asylum Godzilla Noo Trybe
Member of	Luniz The Regime Thug Lordz
Website	smokealotrecords.com

Career

Yukmouth is a member of the rap duo Luniz, along with Numskull. Luniz recorded the weed anthem, "I Got 5 on It".^[2] Yukmouth signed a solo record deal at J-Prince's Rap-a-Lot Records, releasing four albums. His double album debut on the label, entitled Thugged Out: The Albulation, went gold.^[3] Under his own label, Smoke-a-Lot Records, he has released DVDs and compilation albums, such as the United Ghettos of America series.

Smoke-A-Lot

Main article: Smoke-a-Lot Records

Yukmouth is CEO of Smoke-A-Lot, which is distributed by Rap-a-Lot Records. The label is home to established artists such as Luniz, Dru Down, Thug Lordz (Yukmouth and C-Bo), The Regime, and Yukmouth himself.

Godzilla Entertainment

Godzilla Entertainment
Founded	2003
Founder	Yukmouth
Genre(s)	Hiphop
Country	US

Godzilla Entertainment was an American record label founded and owned by Yukmouth, and operated by both him and Kat Gaynor (who also acts as Yukmouth and The Regime's manager). The name comes from Yukmouth's popular 2003 album, Godzilla. It was initially created to serve as an independent record distribution company for official mixtapes released on Smoke-A-Lot Records. The first few releases through Godzilla was the heavily popular All Out War mixtape series which were done as a joint venture with the Cali Untouchable DJs and Rapbay.com. The initial logo featured an edited version of the Aston Martin logo which was later replaced by a more independent logo which features the Smoke-A-Lot Records dragon logo encircled by the words "Godzilla Ent.". Upon receiving pressure from Toho Company Ltd., the copyright owners to the name Godzilla, Yukmouth closed down the Godzilla subset label and now releases projects solely on the Smoke-A-Lot Records imprint. All media pertaining to the name Godzilla, including logos, t-shirts and other media were removed from the official Smoke-A-Lot website shortly after.

Releases

• The Regime - All Out War Vol. 1
• The Regime - All Out War Vol. 2
• The Regime - All Out War Vol. 3
• Ampichino - AK-47 Soundtrack to the Street
• Young Skrilla - Superheroes: Hot az a Heata Vol. 2
• Yukmouth - Million Dollar Mixtape
• Yukmouth - The City of Dope Vol. 1

Discography

Main article: Yukmouth discography

See also: Luniz discography

Studio albums

• Thugged Out: The Albulation (1998)
• Thug Lord: The New Testament (2001)
• Godzilla (2003)
• Million Dollar Mouthpiece (2008)
• The West Coast Don (2009)
• Free at Last (2010)
• The Tonite Show: Thuggin' & Mobbin' (2011)
• Half Baked (2012)
• GAS (Grow and Sale) (2014)^[4]
• JJ Based on a Vill Story (2017)^[5]
• JJ Based on a Vill Story Two (2017)^[6]
• JJ Based on a Vill Story Three (2018)^[7]

Filmography

• Original Gangstas (1996)^[8]
• Mexican Blow (also released as Warrior) (2002) - The Midnight Sun
• United Ghettos of America vol. 1 (2002)
• United Ghettos of America vol. 2 (2004)
• T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience (2004)
• United Ghettos of America: Eye Candy (2007)
• Yukmouth Uncut (2007)
• Million Dollar DVD (2007)

Awards

Grammy Award nominations

Category	Genre	Song	Year	Result
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (with Numskull, Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal, Quincy Jones & Coolio)	R&B	Stomp	1997	Nominated[9]