| Birth Name: | Ralph Di Stasio |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Fair Lawn, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Origin: | New York City, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Genre: | R&B |
Ralph Di Stasio (born December 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Avery Storm, is an American singer from Fair Lawn, New Jersey. He is best known for his guest appearance alongside Nelly on Rick Ross' 2008 single "Here I Am," which peaked within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. Prior, he signed with Nelly's Derrty Entertainment in 2005 and guest appeared alongside him, P. Diddy, and Jagged Edge on the Notorious B.I.G.'s posthumous single, "Nasty Girl" that same year.
Di Stasio grew up in a working-class Italian-American family in New Jersey. After high school, he moved to New York City and signed to Timbaland's record label Beat Club in 2001 as "Avery Storm" after joining an independent production company.[1]
In 2005, Di Stasio was signed to the record label Derrty Entertainment, owned by rapper Nelly.[2] Storm previously performed on Nelly's album Suit in 2004. Storm appeared on the charting hip hop singles "Nasty Girl", a posthumous single of The Notorious B.I.G. that included Nelly, P. Diddy, and Jagged Edge, and "Here I Am" by Rick Ross, another single that featured Nelly. Shotgun Love is the title of Storm's upcoming debut album, for which Storm has recorded 300 tracks.,[3] while Audiobiography is the title of Avery's EP produced by the Italian team The Ceasars in 2014.[4]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center width=40 | US | align=center width=40 | US R&B | align=center width=40 | US Rap | align=center width=40 | UK |
| 2005 | "Nasty Girl" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring P. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm) | 44 | 20 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | "Here I Am" (Rick Ross featuring Nelly and Avery Storm) | 41 | 9 | 5 | — | Trilla | |
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "I Better Go" | Murphy Lee | Murphy's Law | ||
| 2004 | "In My Life" | Nelly, Mase | Suit | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2005 | "Time" | St. Lunatics | Coach Carter (soundtrack) | |
| "Tired" | Nelly | Sweatsuit | |||
| 2006 | "Badder Than a Mutha" | Daz Dillinger | So So Gangsta | ||
| 2007 | "All Night (Excuse Me)" | Ali & Gipp, Nelly, Juvenile | Kinfolk | ||
| 2008 | "Who Fucks wit Me" | Nelly | Brass Knuckles | ||
| align=center rowspan=6 | 2009 | "I Tried" | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss | |
| "Crazy World" | DJ Green Lantern, Uncle Murda | ||||
| "Rich Off Cocaine" | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap | |||
| "Refuse to Lose" | DJ Green Lantern, dead prez, Chuck D | Pulse of the People (Turn Off the Radio Vol. 3) | |||
| "Triumph" | Pitbull | Rebelution | |||
| "Want You to Myself" | Murphy Lee | You See Me | |||
| align=center rowspan=6 | 2010 | "The General" | Capone-N-Noreaga | ||
| "The Corner" | I-20 | The Sleeping Giant | |||
| "I'll Be Good" | J.Y., Joel Ortiz | The Hiring Process | |||
| "The Power" | Wale | More About Nothing | |||
| "Fairytale" | Cam'ron, Vado | ||||
| "If I Gave U 1" | Nelly | 5.0 | |||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2011 | "How I Fly" | Styles P | Master of Ceremonies | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2013 | "Whole Wide World" | Waka Flocka Flame | DuFlocka Rant: Halftime Show |