Petey Pablo
Hip-Hop/Rap
The next Petey Pablo concert is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Level One Personnel in Columbia, MD, United States. See all 5 upcoming concerts
![Listen to Lights, Camera, Action! (Remix) [feat. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, P. Diddy & Petey Pablo] by Mr. Cheeks, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music128/v4/2c/0e/7d/2c0e7dbc-0abe-c3a4-8d64-558636261aec/00601215625721.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Lights, Camera, Action! (Remix) [feat. Missy \"Misdemeanor\" Elliott, P. Diddy & Petey Pablo] by Mr. Cheeks, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Watch KING of NC (feat. Petey Pablo) [Remix] music video by Monty Bynum](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video126/v4/a8/b0/78/a8b078ab-b2b0-21dd-00f7-f7b76e5689b8/artwork.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch KING of NC (feat. Petey Pablo) [Remix] music video by Monty Bynum")
About Petey Pablo
Hometown
Greenville, NC, United States
Born
July 22, 1973
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
North Carolina rapper Petey Pablo scored big in the early ’00s with a string of Southern party anthems.
• After a stint in prison, the Greenville native moved to New York City and met rappers like Black Rob and Busta Rhymes. Pablo was apparently signed to Jive Records after a label exec heard him rapping in a nightclub bathroom.
• Pablo’s 2001 debut album, Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. The single “Raise Up” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart.
• Pablo’s 2003 single "Freek-a-Leek,” from his sophomore album, Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry, peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went platinum.
• In 2004, Pablo notched his first and only Hot 100 chart topper by guesting on singer Ciara’s “Goodies.”
• He returned in 2018 with Keep on Goin', his first album in 14 years.
Influenced by Petey PabloPetey Pablo has influenced the music of King Killumbia, Luck Bone, Yung Joc and more.
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