Petey Pablo: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American rapper (born 1973)}}

| name = Petey Pablo

| image = Petey Pablo in 2017.png

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Moses Barrett III

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|22}}

|genre birth_place = [[HipGreenville, hopNorth music|Hip hopCarolina]], U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper, |singer|actor, |songwriter|record producer}}

| years_active = 1998–present

| label = {{hlist|[[Jive Records|Jive]], |Inner Gorilla Music Group, [[Death Row Records]], |Carolina Music Group}}

| associated_acts = [[Timbaland]], [[Lil Jon]], [[Ciara]], [[Mystikal]], DJ B Lord, King Killumbia, [[Suge Knight]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.peteypablo.com/}}

'''Moses Barrett III''' (born July 22, 1973),<ref name="NC DOC">{{cite web|title=Moses Barrett|url=http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0021490&searchLastName=barrett&searchFirstName=moses&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1|publisher=North Carolina Department Of Correction|access-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Vibe 2001">{{citation|last=Baker|first=Soren|title=Next: Petey Pablo: Fast Track|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SUEAAAAMBAJ|work=Vibe|volume=9|number=10|date=October 2001|page=86}}</ref><ref name="contactmusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/petey-pablo-began-three-year-prison-sentence-in-january_1297585 |title=Petey Pablo Began Three-Year Prison Sentence In January |date=26 February 2012 |publisher=contactmusic.com |access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> known by the [[stage name]] '''Petey Pablo''', is an American rapper and record producer from [[Greenville, North Carolina]]. He is best known for his 2003 [[crunk]] hitsingle "[[Freek-a-Leek]]," which peaked at number seven on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and received [[RIAA certification|platinum]] certification by the [[RIAA]]. Prior, he signed with [[Jive Records]] to release his 2001 single "[[Raise Up]]" (featuring [[Timbaland]]), which served as a tribute to his native Greenville and peaked at number 25 on the chart. The label released his first two albums: ''[[Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry]]'' (2001) and ''[[Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry]]'' (2004); the former received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Best Rap Album]] while the latter peaked at number four on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. His following releases failed to yield any further commercial response.<ref name="AMGsongrev">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/freek-a-leek-mt0032233364 | title=''Freek-A-Leek'' – Petey Pablo > Overview | publisher=Rovi Corporation | work=AllMusic | access-date=October 31, 2012 | author=Jeffries, David}}</ref>

On September 11, 2010, Barrett was arrested at [[Raleigh-Durham International Airport]] after trying to carry a stolen 9mm semi-automatic pistol aboard a US Airways flight bound for Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last=Price |first=Jay |title=Rapper arrested on gun charges at RDU – Music |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/11/675823/rapper-arrests-on-gun-charge-at.html#ixzz0zFvIQ6Pz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913220222/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/11/675823/rapper-arrests-on-gun-charge-at.html#ixzz0zFvIQ6Pz |archive-date=2010-09-13 |access-date=2012-04-04 |publisher=NewsObserver.com}}</ref> On September 26, 2011, he was sentenced to 35 months in prison,<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-09-27 |title=Rapper gets 35 months in prison on gun charge |url=http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/10188385/ |access-date=2012-04-04 |publisher=WRAL.com}}</ref> and entered incarceration at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Beckley|Federal Correctional Institution (Beckley)]] on January 4, 2012. He was held at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix|Federal Correctional Institution (Fort Dix)]],<ref name="contactmusic.com" /> with a release date of July 17, 2014,<ref>{{cite web |last=Kuperstein |first=Slava |date=2012-02-26 |title=Petey Pablo Reported To Prison In January For Three-Year Sentence &#124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18812/title.petey-pablo-reported-to-prison-in-january-for-three-year-sentence |access-date=2012-12-21 |publisher=HipHop DX}}</ref> but he was released early on March 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-03-13 |title=Petey Pablo Was Released From Prison – XXL |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/03/petey-pablo-released-prison/ |access-date=2014-07-27 |publisher=Xxlmag.com}}</ref>