| Shante Scott Franklin, born April 4, 1981, better known by his stage name Curren$y, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Curren$y signed with Amalgam Digital to release his debut album, This Ain't No Mixtape, in 2009. Curren$y also released his second album, Jet Files, through Amalgam Digital in 2009 Curren$y's third album, Pilot Talk, was released on July 13, 2010. Prior to the album's release, there was news of Pilot Talk being released under a newly relaunched Roc-A-Fella Records.However, Curren$y stated in interviews with both XXL and Complex Magazine that the album would be released under Damon Dash's DD172 record label division, BluRoc Recordsand distributed through Def Jam Recordings. Curren$y makes numerous appearances on labelmate Ski Beatz' debut studio album, 24 Hour Karate School, which was released on September 21, 2010. Curren$y's fourth album, Pilot Talk II, was released on November 22, 2010and it featured Fiend and Raekwon, among others. On February 1, 2011 it was announced that Curren$y signed and secured a label deal with Warner Bros for his imprint, Jet Life Recordings. He has hopes to drop disc by his artist Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy and Street Wiz. Curren$y will release his fifth album Muscle Car Chronicles on March 15. After Muscle Car Chronicles is released Curren$y's first project on Warner Bros. will be a 10-12 song EP completely produced by The Alchemist called Covert Coup, which will be released on April 19 for free ... |