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module = -lcb- -lcb- infobox musical artist hip hop label = associated_acts = us 1990 -- present new orleans , louisiana , u.s. 9 245px master p yes 29 april 1967 sonya filed -rrb- c. miller -lrb- 1996 -- present , divorce solo_singer vocals master p
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percy robert miller -lrb- born april 29 , 1967 -rrb- known by his stage name master p or his business name p. miller , is an american rapper , actor , entrepreneur , investor , author , filmmaker , record producer and philanthropist .
he is the founder of the record label no limit records , which was relaunched as new no limit records through universal records and koch records , then again as guttar music entertainment , and finally , currently , no limit forever records .
he is the founder and ceo of p. miller enterprises , an entertainment conglomerate , and better black television , a cable television network .
miller gained fame in the late 1990s with the success of his hip-hop group tru as well as his fifth solo rap album `` ice cream man , '' which contained his first single `` mr. ice cream man '' .
in 1997 , after the success of one of his biggest singles to date , `` make 'em say uhh !
, '' went double platinum , miller grew further in popularity .
then miller released his second platinum album `` ghetto d '' .
miller also starred in his own street film , mostly based on his life , `` i 'm bout it , '' which was very successful .
in 1998 , p. miller released his most successful album to date `` mp da last don '' .
the album was also based on a film that miller produced , which came out earlier that year with the same name .
the album hit # 1 on the billboard top 200 chart , selling over 400,000 copies in a week .
the album was certified 4x platinum , with over four million copies sold , making it miller 's highest selling album .
all the hooks on `` da last don '' were sung by mississippi born and bred artist alicia corley , stage name mc attitude , who eventually sued master p for non-payment .
master p 's defense was that mc attitude was too young to enter into a legal contract and that she sang the hooks for soda pop and pizza puffs .
in 1999 , miller released his eighth album , `` only god can judge me . ''
it was not as successful as his previous album , though it still managed to reach a gold certification .
miller also starred in the movie , `` i got the hook up , '' with a.j. johnson , and created the soundtrack of the same name .
on november 28 , 2000 , he released his ninth album , `` ghetto postage , '' which found success selling 500,000 copies , but it did not compare to his earlier more successful releases .
in the early 2000s , as no limit records popularity was slowly declining , so was miller 's .
miller re-launched no limit records as new no limit records .
in 2001 miller would released his tenth album entitled `` game face '' .
in 2003 , miller starred in the film lockdown .
in 2004 , miller released his eleventh album , `` good side , bad side '' it charted number 1 on the `` billboard '' independent albums chart and sold 300,000 copies .
the same year , miller released his first independent album '' '' on his new label guttar music , and the album only sold 75,000 copies .
in 2013 forbes estimated miller 's net worth at nearly $ 350 million , which put him as the third richest figure in hip hop at the time .
on december 6 , 2013 , miller released his thirteenth studio album `` the gift '' on his newly founded label no limit forever records .
