St. Lunatics was an American hip hop group formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1993. The group consisted of childhood friends Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan, City Spud, and Slo Down.[2][3][4]

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Career

St. Lunatics's first local independent hit was "Gimme What U Got" in 1996.[1] In 2000, Nelly was signed to Universal Records, followed by the rest of the group.^{[citation needed]} While Nelly was working on his solo album Country Grammar, City Spud was arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for robbery.[5] After Nelly's breakthrough success in 2000, St. Lunatics released their debut album, Free City. In 2001, the singles "Summer in the City" and "Midwest Swing" were released. Free City was certified Platinum in the United States and Gold in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, Ali issued his solo album Heavy Starch and Murphy Lee published Murphy's Law in 2003. Murphy later launched his own label, UC ME Entertainment.[6] Nelly went on to have a successful solo career and in 2011, he partnered with St. Louis-based Vatterott College to open a music production school in downtown St. Louis, called Ex'treme Institute (E.I.).[7]

In 2009, St. Lunatics were reportedly working on a new album, City Free, to be released that summer.^{[citation needed]} The album was postponed until 2011.^{[citation needed]} A song titled "St. Lunatics" was leaked in early March 2009,[8] along with "Get Low 2 Da Flo", which was produced by Play-N-Skillz.[9] The first official single released from the album was "Money Talks", featuring rapper Birdman.[10] The second official single released from the album was "Polo".^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

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