Drag-On
Sign in to saveMelvin Jason Smalls (born January 4, 1980), known professionally as Drag-On, is an American rapper. He is best known for his time on Ruff Ryders, through whom he released his debut album, Opposite of H2O (2000). The album was successful, debuting at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and eventually sold over 500,000 copies and earning a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Drag-On released his second album Hell and Back, in 2004.
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- Scribbleomania; or, The Printer’s Devil’s Polichronicon. A sublime poem. Edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1979
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Malvin Jason Smalls (born February 8th, 1979) is American rapper & actor from The Bronx. Drag-On was Ruff Ryders member, showing up in their album "Ryde Or Die Vol. 1", also contributing to DJ Clue?'s, The LOX's and Eve's albums. edit: also featured on the Belly Soundtrack- track 12 "We Can All Get It On" After releasing his debut album called "Opposite Of H2O" in 2000, he came back in 2004 with "Hell & Back". Drag-On recently left Ruff Ryders to launch his own label Hood Enviroment. <a href
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Drag-On
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Melvin Jason Smalls
- Musical artist.birth_place
- New York City, U.S.
- Musical artist.genre
- Hip hop
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1997–present
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- gangsta rap
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- hoodenvironment.com
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- date of birth
- 1979-02-08
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- pseudonym
- Drag-On
- social media followers
- 5443
- writing language
- English language
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- Early life
- Musical career
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Singles
- As lead artist
- Guest appearances
- References
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Melvin Jason Smalls (born January 4, 1980), known professionally as Drag-On, is an American rapper. He is best known for his time on Ruff Ryders, through whom he released his debut album, Opposite of H2O (2000). The album was successful, debuting at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and eventually sold over 500,000 copies and earning a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Drag-On released his second album Hell and Back, in 2004.
Drag-On has appeared in the 2001 film Exit Wounds and the 2003 Cradle 2 the Grave, both of which stars his then-Ruff Ryders label-mate DMX.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drag-On” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.