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Government Name |
Stanley Benton |
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Atlanta |
Stat Quo (born Stanley Benton July 24, 1979) is an Atlanta-based artist signed to Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. He has been generating mixtape buzz since 2002. He is also a part of Grown Man's Music, a record label he founded with LT Moe.
The debut album Statlanta is expected to be released in the summer of 2005. Stat Quo is also featured on Young Buck's Straight Outta Cashville and Eminem's Encore. Other appearances include Jermaine Dupri, The Alchemist and Chamillionaire.
Stat Quo recently shot a video for his club banger entitled "Like Dat". The video was shot in Atlanta's Zone 3 near the Thomasville Heights projects where Stat Quo once resided.
The Atlanta bred rapper will be featured on this summer's Anger Management tour which also features Eminem, 50 Cent, G Unit, Obie Trice and others. The debut album Statlanta will be released shortly after.
Stat Quo has said that his "number one goal is to bring a respect, and bring a voice to this whole southern movement around the world."
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