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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.

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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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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1979
hip hop

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49,455
Total plays
242,481

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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

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
The Bronx
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
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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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Musical career
  • Discography
  • Studio albums
  • Singles
  • As lead artist
  • Guest appearances
  • References
  • External links

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.