Jenkins’ follow-up album would also see the top of the charts, 2008’s “The Recession” cemented Jeezy’s position in mainstream hip-hop culture. Jenkins has repeatedly denounced the commercialism of the music industry, has led charity drives for underprivileged children and opened his home in Atlanta for victims of hurricane Katrina. It was the first album of Jeezy’s to top the the Billboard 200 and sold over 352,000 copies in the first week. Jenkins featured in the Christiana Milians’s 2006 single “Say I” and the year also marked the release of Jeezy’s sophomore major label album named “The Inspiration”. 2 on the album chart, and singles “And Then What” and “Sole Survivor” also performed well, the latter, featuring Akon peaked at No. The album performed remarkably well debuting at No. On July 26, 2005, after signing a record deal with Def Jam Records, Jenkins made his major label debut with “Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101”. At the same time Jenkins joined the rap group Boyz n da Hood, who in June 2005 released a self-titled album which peaked at No.
Two years later in 2004 Jenkins released the double CD “Come Shop wit Me” made up of new and existing songs from T.U.I, and the year marked Jeezy’s singing with Bad Boy Records.
The album featured Lil Jon who produced a few of the tracks as well as Freddy J and Fidank.
Jenkin’s early taste of musical success came when he released his first independent album titled “Thuggin’ Under the Influence (T.U.I.)” in 2001 under the moniker Lil J.
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