Mississippi Rapper Big K.R.I.T. Signs With Def Jam

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Mississippi stand up! Reps for Def Jam have confirmed with XXLMag.com that up-and-coming Meridian, MS rapper Big K.R.I.T. has just inked a deal with the storied hip-hop label.

The 23-year-old MC/producer has been grinding on the underground circuit for a several years now, releasing a handful of mixtapes. Earlier this month he dropped his latest tape, K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, to rave reviews, showcasing both his lyrical talent and knack for soulful production.

The double threat has already worked with such artists as Devin the Dude, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y, both as a rapper and beatmaker.

K.R.I.T. Wuz Here is currently available online for free donwload. —Elan Mancini

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  • Haute

    I like him…resembles pimp c

    • jack tripper

      yo he can be the next nig 2 blow…he like the new version of sweet james jones

    • You Know From the Convo

      THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING THIS NIGGA IS FROM MY HOOD I LOVE IT MANE THAT WHAT IT DO LIL BRA WE SPACE JAMMING MISSISSIPPI IS THE TRUTH MANE THIS IS FOR ALL THE UNBELIEVERS

      TRUE HERO UNDER GOD THE TRUE MEANING OF THUG

  • SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN

    ^^yeah, he does sound kinda like Pimp C.
    “…808 mean no draws u got friends i’ll fuck em all/ what u mean u aint nasty/ why the fuck u came/ just imagine what u gotta do to get up in my plane/ MISSISSIPPI PIIIIMP/ mouthpiece frigid, Dolemite outta sight/ show ya right can ya dig it” – KRIT on Glass House
    ^^when that nigga said pimp like that, he killed it. sounded just like the nigga.

    • Anonymous

      i aggree wit that nig did sound like pimp c 2…i like him on that grippin grain song 2

  • DV8

    Dont know who he is but im gonna have to check him out.

  • http://www.gmail.com Z@k Mori$$

    Just caught wind of this cat earlier this week! Dude is jammin for real! He does channel Pimp C but who else to better immulate!!!

    • Arkansas—SOUTH IN YA MOUTH

      HOLD UP HOLD UP, EVEN IF THE NIGGA IS TIGHT, HE TRYING TO SOUND LIKE PIMP C? MAINNNN GET THAT SHIT OUT OF HERE!!!! WE NEED MORE ORIGINAL ARTIST!!!! REMEMBER THAT FUCC NIGGA Gorilla Blac? now where in the hell is he? He tried to sound like Biggy Smalls! If a man puts that much effort and desire into becoming another man then to me his is not a man!!!! dicc riding bithches

      • AZ40

        I don’t think he’s tryin’ to imitate pimp c it’s just his southern accent that’s all…I heard him wit Wiz and Curren$y and I checked his mixtape his pretty cool

  • Arkansas dick in yo mouth

    fuck outta here dawg! krit is a crazy producer as well man! smoke dza and currensy collabos are crazy as fuck! dude country is shit, aint mean he fuckin imitates pimp c

  • stuckfresh

    I was born in Jackson! westside whats happen! Jacktown 601! But the realest nigga out of mississippi is Boo the boss playa aka Boo roosini! C.T.E!

    • Mr. Mississippi

      Thats the truth, I was born and raised in Jackson, went to school with Banner but Boo, is still cold. Kats up here in Illinois know about Boo. DAT dude from Arkansas need to quit hatin

  • vhingrhamesonyo’momma

    I checked home a while back and buddy got skills, congrats!!

  • http://www.bboycult.com $yk

    CHEA!

    Congrats homie! The job has just begun!

    ” (EVEN IF) He does channel Pimp C but who else to better immulate emulate!!!”

  • http://www.emcdl.com EmCDL

    I’ma have to check dude out, sounds like he got some dope tracks on him

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  • LuNaTiks2Cents

    MISSISSIPPPI!!!

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  • http://xxlmag.com micharris1980

    Mississippi til I die!!!!!

  • Makaveli

    This nigga is nuclear for real. Check out his mixtape K.R.I.T. wuz here. We are feeling you my nigga in GEORGIA!!!!!!!!!!! Keep doing your thang!!!!!!!!!!! How the record industry manage to miss this nigga for real..

  • Sharoyce Antwan

    I thought Durrough was already signed.
    Just Kiddin
    Big ups to KRIT

    Produced by JRM
    Mixed by Marquis “Sharoyce Antwan” Roberts
    youtube.com/watch?v=0JcvDszV_lk
    I’d describe it as soulja boy ass music

  • Travis Martin

    Queen city could not be prouder.

  • datboysuel

    Is really feeling this cat and dont think he immulating pimp he just a country nigga like pimp was

  • sweet jones

    dat nig done resurrected pimp c… i like dat nig

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  • http://myspace charles

    look her krit is my nigga he from were im from fuck all u nigga try to hate diss nigga is gone be the truth

  • Big Reggie

    Man it’s always a hater somewhere yeah he does sound like Pimp C but the man got something to say more than these half ass rappers doing nowadays!!! I’m waiting on Krit to drop that debut album and shut ya’ll hating ass niggas mouths !!!

  • rahdig

    im from mississippi and its good to see sombody ripen this part of the dirty dirty. ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • De’Rey

    Big KRIT is the truth, Im born and raised in Meridian,Ms and he has just paved a new road for mississippians like Me; HOLD IT DOWN BIGG DAWG…MS Representer

  • http://www.reverbnation.com/hurrikaneskyhigh Hurrikane

    Krit reppin for da Queen datz 1foot in now we got plenty moe…from 3hun to 4hun we takin ova Meridian MS in here…Hurrikane

  • spacey FRUM mississippi

    big krit got his start frum my bro MAIN EMERSON and was a lessor on the label MAIN put together TOP DOLLAR RECORDS! he needs to give credit to where it is due… home boy is not THE groundbreaker frum mississippi! remember ace crew, money black, BIG DIRT…and BABY RAY?!?!? who wants sum? the truth is the truth… spACEy

    • j.b.remedy

      spacey need to cool out bra everybody got a start wit somebody k.r.i.t. just happen to be the one that got picked one the biggest thangs bout mississippi artist we hate on each other more than any other muthafuckas in the game maybe because we all starvin but we hate just like yo azz doing now

  • j.b. remedy

    if k.r.i.t. really feels in his heart what he talks is valid for my luv which is ms then we have the best start ever given for the proper message of mississippi to the rest of the world we still on the bottom and need to claim our post on top land of the cotton pickers we salute you k.r.i.t.

  • j.b. remedy

    FUCK THE WORLD K.R.I.T. PUT THAT MISSISSIPPI SHIT IN THEY MUTHAFUCKIN FACE THAT PIMP C THANG I LUV THE PIMP TO THE DEATH BUT THE LIVIN ON EARTH SHOULD ALLOW PROGRESS TAKING WHAT PIMP LEFT AND MAKING IT STRONGER SHOULDNT SOMEBODY BE TOUGHER OR GREATER THAN THE SOILDERS OF THE PAST THATS WHAT THIS IS REVOLUTION U SCARED MUTHAFUCKAS RIGHT OUT THE HEART OF MISSISSIPPI STOP HATIN GIVE RESPECT

  • Shotty

    Homie nice!!!!! His lyrics speak for itself, real dude real music. He has a bright future ahead. The man has a vision for his people down in the crooked state Pimp up in heaven smiling down cause the gd brother comming trill.

  • L. Black

    K.R.I.T. is the next evolution of Southern hip-hop.

  • arkansas-JOHN BARROW

    dude sound like TIP on his first 2 mixtapes!!!HE OFFICIAL THO COMING JUNE 3 2011

  • the rated r superstar mac dino

    keep it trill bruh mac dino repping for memphis u sick wit it anytime holla at cha boi

  • mississippi boy

    yes sir a real rapper from the mighty mississippi with a tight flow. when i first heard country shit remix i thought it was pimp c rapping

  • mr.jones

    MERIDIAN IN THIS BITCH DOGG

  • Makko

    Last years were confusing. I heard so many different MC’s in the internet, and some of em i really liked. I have no time for counting at this point. But none of them would i ever call my favourite rapper.
    But since i heard K.R.I.T. i had a new favourite rapper. It’s his southern slang in combination with his deep and meaningfull lyrics that make him so special for me. His productions r very kool also. Really cant wait for his Major Debut. If someone deserves success its him. But i doubt he will blow up. Folks are dumb and need lame lyrics. So i guess rap wont ever get the tribute it should have in our society, as long as the people think Mac Miller is the essence. What a bad world i live in, its so sad. Big K.R.I.T. could be the change. He coud but i doubt he will.

  • Makko

    Here are 2 of my favourite K.R.I.T. cuts that are on heavy rotation since a while:
    “Kings Blues” —> IMO a real Masterpiece and in my top ten songs forever
    &
    “Now or neva”

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