What does the rapper MJG stand for?

Last year, right around the 20th anniversary of the first of those records, Comin’ Out Hard, I went to the birthplace of both Stax and Sun Records to hear the story of Premro Smith and Marlon Jermaine Goodwin, better known as Eightball and MJG.

What is 8Ball and MJG net worth?

8Ball & MJG Net Worth: 8Ball & MJG are an American hip hop duo who have a net worth of $15 million dollars. Premro Smith, a.k.a. 8Ball, and Marlon Jermaine Goodwin, a.k.a. MJG, were born in Memphis, Tennessee, and met in the ’80s while attending Ridgeway Middle School.

What happened to Eightball and MJG?

After those albums both 8Ball & MJG released solo albums, first MJG’s No More Glory in 1997 and then 8Ball’s Lost in 1998. They reunited in 1999 to release their fourth album as a group, titled In Our Lifetime. Their first album for Bad Boy Records, Living Legends, came out in 2004 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

What is 8Ball real name?

Premro Vonzellaire Smith
Premro Vonzellaire Smith (born 1972), better known by his stage name 8Ball (alternatively spelt Eightball), is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for being one half of the duo 8Ball & MJG with fellow rapper MJG.

What part of Memphis is 8Ball and MJG from?

MJG
8Ball
8Ball & MJG/Members

What’s special about the 8 ball?

The eight ball is associated with fortune telling and the future. Originally it is of course a ball from the pool billiard game. Its use as a fortune telling device comes from a Three Stooges short from the 1940s.

Are 8Ball and MJG related?

Eightball (born Premro Smith) and MJG (Marlon Jermaine Goodwin) grew up in the rough Orange Mound area of Memphis and met at Ridgeway Junior High in 1984. They shared a passion for hip-hop, which hadn’t yet made a strong impact in the South, and formed their own rap duo, 8Ball and MJG.

How old is MJG the rapper?

50 years (August 31, 1971)
MJG/Age

What is MJG doing now?

In 2019, 8Ball and MJG released their first live album called Classic Pimpin’, a career-spanning retrospective. They are also currently working on a film biopic entitled Comin’ Out Hard, as well as new music. If history is any indication – and by this point, it well should be – both projects promise to be unmissable.

What does the 8 ball say?

Better not tell you now. Cannot predict now. Concentrate and ask again. Don’t count on it.