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Bubba SparxxxBack In The MudDeliveranceI'm BackUgly
Born Warren Anderson Mathis on March 6, 1977, Sparxxx grew up in a rural area
north of LaGrange, Georgia, a town 65 miles southwest of Atlanta.[1]
His father was a school bus driver, and his mother was a grocery
store cashier.[2] His closest neighbor, who lived half a mile away,
introduced Mathis to rap music through mixtapes mailed from New
York City. The music of 2 Live Crew was his introduction to hip-hop;
he began listening to West Coast gangsta rap such as N.W.A and
Too Short and the Atlanta duo OutKast. With rapping as a hobby,
Mathis was a tight end and linebacker for his high school's football
team and earned All-Region honors in his senior year.[1] Steve
Herndon, a former offensive lineman for the NFL teams Atlanta Falcons
and Denver Broncos, played football with Mathis during high school,
according to an interview with Down-South.com.[1][2] In 2007, he
moved from Atlanta to Tampa.[3] After high school Sparxxx moved to Athens, Georgia in 1996, where he worked part-time at Bulldog Sporting Goods with Mr. Woody Chastain. He met industry veteran (and now manager and business partner) Bobby Stamps after Stamps noticed him rapping after a University of Georgia football game. Mr. Stamps arranged for Sparxxx to work with many artists in Athens and Atlanta to complete his first CD. Bubba Sparxxx is quoted as saying that, "I didn't chose to rhyme, rhyming chose me." This phrase is regarded as very powerful statement, some might say.[4] His first commercial CD release saw some success in Georgia, and the album Dark Days, Bright Nights caught the attention of Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records. Sparxxx signed to Interscope Records and began working with record producers Timbaland and Organized Noize.[1] The major-label reissue of Dark Days, Bright Nights, released via Timbaland's Beat Club Records imprint, which now included five collaborations with Timbaland and two with Organized Noise, debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. In 2002, he had a minor hit being featured on Archie Eversole's "We Ready", which became popular for being played at sport events, such as football and basketball games. In late 2003, he returned with his second album, Deliverance, which was critically acclaimed but sold poorly.[1] Sparxxx signed a deal with Virgin records in 2004;
under Virgin, Sparxxx released The Charm with singles "Ms. New Booty" and "Heat It Up". He left Virgin to establish his own label, New South Entertainment, which is
distributed by E1 Records. In 2007, he released a mixtape with
DJ Burn One titled Survive Till Ya Thrive. He stated in an interview
that he planned on releasing an album to be called Miracle on Gamble
Road, in spring 2011. Sparxxx has also appeared in the video games Def
Jam: Fight for NY and Madden NFL 2004. Bubba's song "Back in the Mud" was used by ESPN's "College Gameday" as the 2003 and 2004 theme song. Bubba has participated in a number of television
productions and collaborated with the popular "Girls Gone Wild" brand to shoot two DVD's detailing life as a rap star. Bubba has recently been
featured on MTV's "My Super Sweet Sixteen" (Kristy Landers episode) and was a mentor in MTV's "Celebrity Rap Superstar". Bubba has been a guest on each major late-night show, including "Saturday Night Live", as well as "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." In 2003, Bubba donated his time to travel to Kuwait and Iraq to perform for
U.S. troops along with blink 182, Wayne Newton, Kid Rock, and many
other musicians, actors and pro athletes. Release date: September 18, 2001 3 3 * — US: Gold[8] 2003 Deliverance Release date: September 16, 2003 10 9 * 30 Release date: April 4, 2006 9 3 2 — Label: New South/E1 Entertainment TBA US: Gold[13] The Charm and U.S.A. Still United
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