 leslie edward pridgen (born 6 august 1978), better known by his stage name freeway, is an american rapper. best known for his tenure on roc-a-fella records and his affiliation with jay-z and beanie sigel. he is a muslim. like rick ross, his moniker is derived from the name of the infamous drug trafficker "freeway" rick ross. he was a member of the rap group ice city, is a member of the rap group state property and was briefly signed to cash money records a year and a half. freeway is currently with rhymesayers entertainment. ==early career== born leslie pridgen, freeway began his career by participating in freestyle battles in his high school and met fellow philadelphia native beanie sigel while rapping on stage at a hometown nightclub. not long after being signed to roc-a-fella records, sigel put in a word for freeway, who made his first appearance on the dynasty: roc la familia, on the track "1-900-hustler" with beanie, jay-z, and memphis bleek. after the appearance, jay-z signed him to a deal; he was featured on "think it's a game," also alongside jay-z, on beanie's second album the reason. in 2001, he underwent a notorious freestyle battle with then-un
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