Half a Mill explained

Half a Mill
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Jasun Wardlaw
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Birth Date:6 April 1973
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Instrument:Vocals
Genre:Hip hop
Occupation:Rapper
Years Active:1992–2003
Label:Penalty
Warlock
Lo-Key

Jasun Wardlaw[1] (April 6, 1973  - October 22, 2003) better known by his stage name Half a Mill, was a Brooklyn-based American rapper.

Career

Half a Mill was considered an underground rapper in the early 1990s. His mainstream breakthrough came in 1997 when he scored a guest spot on supergroup the Firm's only release, The Album.

Personal life and death

Wardlaw would commit suicide by shooting himself in the head in Brooklyn's Albany Projects on October 22, 2003. His body was found by police inside his apartment.[2] [3] He left behind a son, Jasun Jabbar Wardlaw Jr., who is a rapper and actor.[4]

Half a Mill was the subject of the 2010 full-length documentary by filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West.[5]

Discography

Album information
Half-A-Mill Demo Tape (with DJ Scratch)
  • Released: 1995
  • Singles: "Any Day Can Be Ya Last"/"Another Homicide Scene"
Milíon
  • Released: May 9, 2000
  • RIAA Certification: 40,000
  • Billboard 200 chart position:
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: 91[6]
  • Singles: "Some Ni*gaz", "Thug Onez", "Where BK At"
Da Hustle Don't Stop
  • Released: July 30, 2002
  • RIAA Certification:
  • Billboard 200 chart position:
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position:
  • Singles: "Still", "Soddom and Gomorrah", "Saprano Style"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birchmeier. Jason. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p372304/biography|pure_url=yes}} Half-A-Mill > Biography]. Allmusic. May 20, 2008. March 7, 2010.
  2. Web site: New York Post - NYPD Daily Blotter . 24 October 2003 . nypost.com . November 11, 2021.
  3. Web site: VannDigital - Bloodsport Claims Half A Mill Committed Suicide & No One From The Firm Came To His Funeral. 18 July 2017 . vanndigital.com . July 18, 2017.
  4. Web site: BIO.
  5. Web site: Player Hating: A Love Story . YoMaggie.com . May 6, 2017.
  6. Charts & Awards - Milíon