Big
Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist Plies has reached platinum status
as his chart-topping ringtone for his smash single, “Shawty (Feat. T-Pain),” has
sold over one million ringtones to date, according to Billboard’s “Hot
RingMasters” chart. The ringtone has been at the top of the chart for the past
several weeks. What’s more, the Florida-based rapper currently has seven songs
from his debut album, “THE REAL TESTAMENT,” on the “Hot RingMasters”
chart.
Plies has also announced
the official launch of BidLong.com, an online community blog that expresses the
rapper’s concerns regarding the prison system in this country. The site not only
features updates from Plies himself, but it will also be a forum for fans to
express their own feelings about incarceration and personal stories. Plies
recently released a viral music video for his song “100 Years,” in which he
addresses the injustices that people are being faced with in courtrooms on a
daily basis; from inadequate legal council and excessive sentencing, to crooked
law enforcement officials. In the wake of the Jena 6 case in Louisiana, the
timing of this “call to action” could not be
timelier.
“I feel like the song is
well needed,” says Plies of “100 Years. There hasn’t been a record that I can remember over the course of
the last 10 years that has touched on the system like this
song.”
Plies can currently be
seen on the November cover of XXL Magazine, where he is featured as one
of 10 “Leaders of the New School.” Plies is also notably featured as #5 on MySpace Music’s Top Charts today. For more information,
visit www.pliesworld.com or www.myspace.com/plies.
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