Coo Coo Cal

Calvin Bellamy (born July 4, 1970), better known as Coo Coo Cal, is an American rapper and truck driver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His single "My Projects" went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart in 2001.[1]

Coo Coo Cal
Birth nameCalvin Bellamy
Born (1970-07-04) July 4, 1970
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active1997-present
LabelsTommy Boy F.U.P. MOB Suave House Records Tone Struck Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

Coo Coo Cal's first album, Walkin' Dead was released independently in 1999.[2] Tommy Boy Records released Cal's second album, Disturbed on September 18, 2001. The album spawned Cal's most successful single to date, "My Projects", which topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.[3]

After leaving Tommy Boy in 2002, Cal released a follow-up to Walkin' Dead entitled Still Walkin'. A fourth album, All or Nothin, followed in 2004. In 2018, Coo Coo Cal returned to release a new single Home on Tone Struck Entertainment and a tell all documentary.[4]

Discography

Albums
Year Album Peak chart positions
U.S. U.S. R&B
1999 Walkin' Dead
  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Contex
 – –
2001 Disturbed
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Tommy Boy
 45 15
2002 Still Walkin'
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: Infinite
 – 30
2004 All or Nothin'
  • Released: April 6, 2004
  • Label: 33rd Street
 – –

Singles
Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
2001 "My Projects" #81 #22 #1

References
  1. Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. Cantor, Paul (15 May 2012). "The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders". Complex. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. Wild, Matt (13 June 2018). "With a new single and tell-all documentary, it's the summer of Coo Coo Cal". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.


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