Young Jeezy goes on tour and in a “Recession”

Young Jeezy’s newest single, “Put On” (featuring Kanye West), has exploded into the Top 5. ”Put On” is the #4 track at Urban radio, with over 5,300 spins and over 44 million in audience nationwide.

That may not sound like THE RECESSION, but that’s what Young Jeezy is calling the third album chapter in his saga, arriving in stores and online this September 2nd through his CTE/Def Jam Recordings label.

The run-up to The Recession will include a lot of firsts for Jeezy, including his first-ever appearance on the cover of the latest issue of VIBE magazine. This month he appears on his 4th XXL cover, and will soon appear on his first-ever cover of The Source. Last month, Young Jeezy made his first-ever appearance as a performer at the annual BET Awards telecast, performing “Put On” with a surprise appearance from Kanye. The video for “Put On,” directed by Gil Green, debuted last week on MTV and BET and has quickly become a hit online.

THE RECESSION is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Young Jeezy’s RIAA platinum second album, The Inspiration (released December 2006). The album’s first single, “I Luv It,” jumped inside the Top 15 across-the-board on the Hot 100, R&B/Hip-Hop, and Digital Songs charts, and lit up the Hot Rap Tracks at #7. The even more successful second single “Go Getta” rose to #3 Rap, #9 R&B/Hip-Hop, #14 Digital, and #18 Hot 100, while its video moved into Elite 8 Rotation on MTV2.

As Young Jeezy readies for the highly anticipated release of The Recession, he will kick off a national promotional tour on August 10th in Houston, TX for 11 city performances which will end on his album release date, September 2nd in his hometown, Atlanta, GA.

Concurrent with “Put On” and the imminent release of THE RECESSION, Jeezy has launched USDA2Day.com, a new blog and social net­working site to serve as “the official media source for the ’hood.” The site will provide daily updates with breaking news stories, plus new music by Jeezy and artists signed to his CTE record label, including rapper and USDA member Blood Raw, who recently released My Life: The True Testimony, his debut album as a solo artist on CTE/Def Jam. Blood Raw made his major label recording debut last year on Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer “The Authorized Mixtape”, the first release from CTE, a co-venture with IDJMG (released May 2007). The RIAA gold album – and multi-platinum Atlanta-based rapper Jeezy’s nationwide “Street Dream” tour – introduced his latest project, USDA (United Streets Dopeboyz of America), a collaboration with Blood Raw and Atlanta emcee Slick Pulla. Cold Summer debuted at #1 on Billboard’s R&B and Rap charts (and #4 on the pop side), and spun off two singles, “White Girl” and “Corporate Thuggin’.”

TONIGHT, July 29th at 9:02pm, Jeezy will launch new, original content on USDA2day.com, and will do so every Tuesday until the release of The Recession on 9/2.

Meanwhile, THE RECESSION continues the saga of Atlanta’s Young Jeezy, one of the most successful rapper/entrepreneurs on the street today. It was the massive popularity and major-label sales of mixtapes like 2004’s Trap Or Die that brought Jeezy national attention. His “million dollar dreams” turned into reality with the RIAA platinum #1 Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, one of 2005’s biggest debut albums. Jeezy was named in Rolling Stone’s “New Faces: Artists To Watch” and MTV News’ You Hear It First. A phenomenal seven tracks from Let’s Get It found their way onto radio and the charts: “And Then What,” “Soul Survivor,” “Trap Or Die,” “Go Crazy,” “Tear It Up,” “Trap Star,” and “My Hood.” The album topped many critics’ year-end lists, was named the New York Times’ Pop Album of the Year, and Jeezy was named Best New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist at the Billboard Music Awards.

2006’s The Inspiration quickly pushed past RIAA platinum, out-selling nearly every rap album on the charts. In support, Jeezy hit the road with Jim Jones, Baby, Lil’ Wayne, and Fat Joe for the seven-week, 23-city “Street Dream Tour” of March-April 2007.

In addition to his success as an entertainer and chief executive of CTE, Young Jeezy has also launched his own clothing line, Eighty Seven Thirty Two (8732). In December 2007, he gave back by inaugurating Toyz n da Hood, a week-long annual toy drive that gave away 1,000 toys for 1,000 kids at various locations in Atlanta (Fourth Ward) and Macon (Unionville).

Tour Schedule (dates subject to change):

DATE CITY VENUE

Aug. 10 Houston, TX Arena Theatre

Aug. 12 Dallas, TX House of Blues

Aug. 13 New Orleans, LA House of Blues

Aug. 15 Detroit, MI Plan

Aug. 18 Chicago, IL House of Blues

Aug. 22 Washington, DC Norva

Aug. 23 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

Aug. 26 New York, NY Blender Theatre

Aug. 29 Jacksonville, FL Plush

Aug. 30 Tampa, FL Jannus Landing

Sept. 2 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle