Twista appeared on the song "Jewels N Drugs" by Lady Gaga on the album ARTPOP. The first single was "Throwin My Money", featuring R. He also was rumored to be in the works of signing a record deal with Kanye West's music label GOOD Music, although in an interview with HipHopDX Twista denied the rumor. As of 2013, Twista was working on his ninth studio album entitled Dark Horse. In January 2013, Twista was featured in a remix of Lil Reese's song "Traffic". Immortality: The Life and Times of Twista, was released in November 2010. Production on the album is mainly by The Legendary Traxster along with Streetrunner, Twinz, Tight Mike and No I.D., Twista discussed his new documentary, directed by Vlad Yudin and the making of The Perfect Storm, including his belief that artists need to do more than just record songs and that they need to become more involved with the community around them. The album features artists such as Waka Flocka Flame, Raekwon, Tia London, Diddy, Ray J, and others. Two buzz singles were released, "I Do" produced by Traxster and "Heat" produced by fellow Chicago producers NO I.D. The first single from the album, " Make a Movie" produced by The Legendary Traxster, featuring Chris Brown, was released on August 24, 2010. Twista released his eighth solo album entitled, The Perfect Storm on Nov 9, 2010. In 2009, Twista appeared on the single "Legendary" with fellow Chicago rappers AK47 of Do or Die and Saurus and Bones. In 2008, Twista launched a new record label called "Get Money Gang Entertainment" and the album Category F5 with the hit, "Wetter". Twista appeared on the single " Hell No (Leave Home)" from Monica's album fall 2006 The Makings of Me. This album sold poorly compared to Twista's earlier albums. Its singles were "Give it Up" featuring Pharrell and "Creep Fast" featuring T-Pain. His next album, Adrenaline Rush 2007 came out in 2007. It featured the hit singles "Girl Tonite" featuring Trey Songz, "Hit the Floor" featuring Pitbull, and " So Lonely" featuring Mariah Carey. Twista's album The Day After was released in 2005. The Kamikaze album and its singles gave Twista a new level of success and rose his profile significantly within the rap community. The remix of the song "Jook Gal" by Elephant Man featured Twista and the YoungBloodZ. Kelly) the album sold around two million copies. Other singles included "Overnight Celebrity" and "So Sexy" (featuring R. Its first single " Slow Jamz" (also featured on Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout), featured West and Jamie Foxx and became a number-one hit in the US. Kamikaze came out in 2004 and debuted at the top spot of the American Billboard 200 album chart. 2 album, on the track "Twisted Heat." He also collaborated with Memphis Bleek on “Is That Your Chick” on “The Understanding” album.īeginning in 2002, Twista began recording his album Kamikaze with rappers like Kanye West and Ludacris. In 2000, Twista collaborated with Ruff Ryders and Drag-On on the Ruff Ryders: Ryde or Die Vol. 3 in 2002 and Volume 4: Tha Truth in 2006. The label later released Respect The Game, Vol. Twista then formed his own Legit Ballin' label, which released two compilation albums: Legit Ballin' in 1999 and Legit Ballin' Vol. They released their first album, Mobstability produced entirely by The Legendary Traxster, in 1998. In 1998, Twista teamed with other Chicago area rappers to form the Speedknot Mobstaz. The album also spawned a Billboard Hot 100 hit in "Get It Wet" produced by The Legendary Traxster, which peaked at #96. Adrenaline Rush became Twista's first charting album, as it peaked at #77 on the Billboard Hot 200.
Twista had by then dropped the "Tung" from his stage name. This led to a Cwal's label deal with Atlantic Records, which released Adrenaline Rush in 1997.
In 1996, he teamed with Chicago producer The Legendary Traxster and Cwal's Do or Die on the track " Po Pimp" produced by The Legendary Traxster, which became a hit single. His second album, titled Resurrection, was set to be released in 1994, but due to problems with his record label at the time Atlantic Records and marketing issues involving fellow Chicago rapper Common's album of the same name, the album was only released in the city of Chicago and thus got little national attention. In 1992, Mitchell released his first album called Runnin' Off at da Mouth under the name Tung Twista. Carl Terrell Mitchell was born on November 27, 1973, and grew up in the K-Town area of the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois and began rapping at the age of 12.
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