Published: July 25, 2006
Young Dro Is #1 at Urban Radio With Smash Single "Shoulder Lean"; Grand Hustle/Atlantic Debut, "BEST THANG SMOKIN'," Set for Release Aug. 29th

Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist Young
Dro has conquered urban radio this week as "Shoulder Lean," his hit single
featuring rapper and labelmate T.I., earns the #1 spot on both the
Billboard Urban Monitor chart and the R&R Urban Mainstream chart. The
Atlanta-based rapper's major label debut, "BEST THANG SMOKIN'," will be
released August 29th.

"Shoulder Lean" landed the #1 spot on last week's "106 & Park" countdown on
BET and was #1 on MTV2, where the video is in ELITE 8 rotation. Young Dro
will appear on "Sucker Free" on MTV the week of August 21st and will
perform on BET's "106 & Park" on August 29th. Currently, "Shoulder Lean"
is Blazin' at MTV Jams and Cum Laude at mtvU.
Young Dro has also exploded in the wireless world. His ringtone for
"Shoulder Lean" has already sold more than 500,000 units and is currently
Warner Music Group's #1 selling mastertone. The ringtone can be purchased
directly by texting DRO to 73804. (Works on most carriers with
participating handsets. Standard text message rates apply.)
"BEST THANG SMOKIN'" features production by some of today's hip-hop
heavyweights, including Jazze Pha, Chad West, Keith Mack, and Grand
Hustle's own Khao and Lil C. The album not only features collaborations
with labelmate T.I. but also Slim Thug and Xtaci.
Born and bred in Atlanta's Bankhead Court, Young Dro, born Djuan Hart,
first got into hip-hop as a teen, when close friend Chris "Daddy Mack"
Smith scored platinum success with his group, Kris Kross. It was around
this time he also befriended the now multi-platinum rapper T.I. After
setting Atlanta ablaze with his independent hit single, "Yes Sir," from his
2002 regional hit album, "I GOT THAT DRO," Young Dro reunited with T.I.,
which led to him signing with T.I.'s label, Grand Hustle, in 2004. "BEST
THANG SMOKIN'" is Young Dro's Grand Hustle/Atlantic debut.
www.youngdromusic.com
http://atlanticrecords.liquidbuilder.com/YoungDro/
www.grandhustle.com
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