Master P (born Percy Miller on April 29, 1970) is a rapper, known for his work as the head of No Limit and with the rappers signed to it. He comes from New Orleans and attended the University of Houston on a basketball scholarship. However, he soon dropped out of college and moved to Richmond, taking business class at Merritt Junior College . Using his grandfather's inheritance, Master P formed No Limit as a record store, then turned it into a label.

Master P's debut album was The Ghetto Is Trying to Kill Me ; it was followed by a compilation of No Limit artists called West Coast Bad Boyz . No Limit launched a string of hits, popular among mainstream audiences in spite of critical cries of a watered-down sound. Master P's own solo albums include 99 Ways to Die , Ice Cream Man , Ghetto Dope and Da Last Don . Miller then financed two films, I'm Bout It and I Got the Hook Up before trying to return to basketball. He returned to music with 1999's Only God Can Judge Me , followed by Ghetto Postage and Game Face . In April 2004, Master P released a 2-disk album Good Side Bad Side , which in a sense marked a return to the gangsta rap genre of the early days of No Limit Records. This 2-disk album was released under the New No Limit Records banner, distributed by Koch Records.

Miller, the father of Lil' Romeo, is also the brother of his labelmates C-Murder and Silkk Tha Shocker.

Master P is also known for his eccentric spending habits, he is reputed to have a toilet made of pure gold.

Master P has since gone on to have his own flavor of rapsnacks potato chips: platinum barbecue.

As well as rapping, Master P played a supporting role in Hollywood Homicide as the owner of a nightclub, and has appeared in several other films.

In 2003, Master P was cast in the Nickelodeon series Romeo!, with Lil' Romeo.

In July, 2004, Miller was cut from the summer roster of the Denver Nuggets basketball team.

External link

• a news article from ESPN.com containing information on Master P's basketball career.