Wanna Be a Baller - wikipedia Wanna Be a Baller `` Wanna Be a Baller '' Single by Lil ' Troy featuring Fat Pat, Yungstar, Lil ' Will, Big T and H.A.W.K. from the album Sittin ' Fat Down South Released May 15, 1999 Format CD single, maxi single, 12 '' Genre Hip hop Length 3 : 39 Label Universal, Republic, Short Stop Songwriter ( s ) Troy Lane Birklett, John Hawkins, Patrick L. Hawkins, Jarvis Lemon, Terence Glen Prejean, Bruce Isaac Rhodes Producer ( s ) Bruce `` Grim '' Rhodes Lil ' Troy featuring Fat Pat, Yungstar, Lil ' Will, Big T and H.A.W.K. singles chronology `` Small Time '' ( 1998 ) `` Wanna Be a Baller '' ( 1999 ) `` Where 's the Love '' ( 1999 ) `` Small Time '' ( 1998 ) `` Wanna Be a Baller '' ( 1999 ) `` Where 's the Love '' ( 1999 ) `` Wanna Be a Baller '' is a single by American hip - hop artist Lil ' Troy featuring Fat Pat, Yungstar, Lil ' Will, Big T and H.A.W.K.. It was released in 1999 as the 2nd single from his debut major label studio album Sittin ' Fat Down South. The song peaked at # 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. Lil ' Troy wrote but did not perform in the song. The song samples `` Little Red Corvette '' by Prince. Contents 1 Legacy 2 Charts 2.1 Peak positions 3 References Legacy This song has had a tragic legacy as almost everyone featured on this song has died at a relative early age. Fat Pat died February 3, 1998, almost one year prior to the song 's release. Lil Troy 's Cousin Lil Will died in a car accident in February 2016. Big Hawk, who filled in for his brother Fat Pat for the video shoot, died May 1, 2006. Big T died May 8, 2018. He contributed vocals for the song 's hook. Yungstar, a Houston - area mixtape legend is the lone survivor and is still active performing and featuring on other artist 's songs while recording for his upcoming album. Charts Peak positions Chart ( 1999 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 70 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Singles & Tracks 40 U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles 31 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 8 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 36 References Jump up ^ `` Shot Caller : An Interview with `` Wanna Be A Baller 's '' Lil Troy ``. Passion of the Weiss. June 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2016. Jump up ^ BMI Work # 5530613 : Wanna Be a Baller Jump up ^ `` Shot Caller : An Interview with `` Wanna Be A Baller 's '' Lil Troy ``. Passion of the Weiss. June 24, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Garrick, David ( 2018 - 05 - 09 ). `` Tragic Legacy of Wanna Be a Baller ''. Houston Press. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Lil Troy allmusic Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wanna_Be_a_Baller&oldid=844136848 '' Categories : 1999 singles Dirty rap songs 1999 songs Uptown Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 2 June 2018, at 21 : 28 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the hook on wanna be a baller
Answer: Big T