Chamillionaire Strikes Platinum

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Chamillionaire's major label debut, Sound Of Revenge, was recently certified platinum for sales of a million copies. The album's latest single, "Ridin'Dirty" featuring Krayzie Bone, is the Number One song in the country this week, as it bumped Rihanna's "S.O.S." from the top slot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

While Chamillionaire's crossover success is new, the rapper has enjoyed success in the past as a member of the Color Changing Click with Paul Wall. He explained how his early days on Swishahouse Records watching Slim Thug paid off in the long run: "You know, I definitely feel like I learned a lot. You know, and then even Slim Thug with his situation, he was at Swishahouse, and he broke off and started doing his own things. I got to see what happened and him turn nothing into something, and I was just watching all that happen in so many different directions."

Chamillionaire added: "You had J. Prince out there doing a lot of stuff with Rap-A-Lot. You know, I was just sitting there, just, you know, being a student to the game. Watching it and learning it before I got into it. And then when I got into it, it was time to go, you know?"