Ace Hood "The Born Rebel Tour" with Duke Deuce and Dizzy Wright

Florida rapper Ace Hood has achieved chart success with his major-label full-lengths and singles, in addition to releasing dozens of mixtapes and street albums. A brash, determined emcee, his songs reflect his life struggles and constant hustling, while allowing him to indulge in his taste for flashy cars and sexual pleasures. Signing with 's We the Best Music before he turned 20, Ace released four successful albums, including the Top Five-charting Trials & Tribulations (2013), which included the platinum-certified single "Bugatti" (with and ). He became an independent artist in 2016 and continued issuing mixtapes, with a more mature, R&B-influenced project titled Mr. Hood appearing in 2020. The full-length M.I.N.D. arrived in 2022 and was thematically followed by B.O.D.Y. in 2023.

Born Antoine McColister in Port St. Lucie, Ace Hood was raised by his mother in Deerfield Beach, 20 miles north of Miami. Rap music became his full-time obsession after he suffered a football injury in the tenth grade, effectively putting the kibosh on a professional sports career. By age 17, he was recording tracks for local imprint , and had put out a few street singles, including 2006's "M.O.E." (i.e., "Money Over Everything"). In November of the following year, Ace maneuvered his way into meeting at local radio station 99 JAMZ and handed the Miami mixtape DJ his demo. Within a matter of weeks, signed Ace, then 19 years old, as the first artist to his newly formed We the Best Music, which obtained distribution through a few weeks after that.

Ace's debut single, the Runners-produced "Cash Flow," featuring and ubiquitous hook singer , arrived in early 2008 and turned out to be a smash hit on South Florida radio. A few mixtapes and guest appearances later, he released his first full-length, Gutta, in summer 2008. Ruthless followed the next year and, like its predecessor, peaked at number five on Billboard's R&B albums chart. Two years would pass before the ambitious Blood Sweat & Tears arrived, hitting the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and featuring the hits "Hustle Hard" and "Body 2 Body" (with ). Trials & Tribulations followed in 2013 and found the rapper landing on 's label. The album shot to number four on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the single "Bugatti," featuring and , which reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 and was certified platinum.

Ace continued releasing installments of his Starvation and Body Bag mixtape series. In 2016, he left and began issuing his work through his own . Trust the Process arrived in 2017, and sequel Trust the Process II: Undefeated followed on his 30th birthday in 2018. Mixtape Body Bag 5 appeared in 2019. After marrying his longtime girlfriend in early 2020, Ace released Mr. Hood, including a guest appearance by on the single "12 O'Clock." His sixth full-length, M.I.N.D. (Memories Inside Never Die), saw release in early 2022. Largely a solo outing, it featured on the track "Greatness." His 2023 follow-up, B.O.D.Y., was more collaborative, with and among its guests. ~ Cyril Cordor & Paul Simpson, Rovi

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