![]() Mainstream recognition arrived in summer 2007 with the single “Shawty” featuring T-Pain, which offered a radio-friendly hook more in the vein of R&B. Lucas signed Plies in 2004 and two years later brokered a distribution deal with Atlantic for his albums. He soon broke through with mixtapes that were sold hand-to-hand around Florida and garnered the attention of Slip-N-Slide Records CEO Ted Lucas. But Levatte heard it and was impressed enough to offer Plies a deal. While struggling to teach one of Big Gates’ artists the hook for a song, Plies recorded his own as a demonstration. The MC was attending the University of Southern Florida in the late ‘90s while his brother, Ronell “Big Gates” Levatte, was launching hip-hop label Big Gates, and soon found himself in front of the mic. ![]() Born Algernod Washington, Plies was raised in Fort Myers, Florida.
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