P Money Biography




P Money
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P-Money

Scribe and P-Money at the 2007 Big Day Out
Background information
Birth name Peter Wadams
Origin New Zealand New Zealand
Genres Rap
Years active 2001 - Present
Labels Dirty Records
Associated acts Scribe, Akon, Vince Harder
Website www.pmoneymusic.com

Peter Wadams, better known by his stage name P-Money, is a hip-hop DJ and producer from New Zealand. His most notable work is on the hit song "Everything" featuring New Zealand singer Vince Harder, which was number one on the RIANZ Music Singles Charts for three weeks.

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History

P-Money's initial entry into the music industry was via DJ competitions and student radio. In 2004 he released his second studio album Magic City which charted at #2 on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart. His first single of the album, "Stop The Music", featuring New Zealand rapper Scribe, scored P-Money his first solo #1 single and also charted within the top 10 of the Australian ARIAnet singles chart in April 20051. The album included collaborations with local and international artists such as Akon, Skillz, Jatis, Aasim, Capone, Sauce Money, Bobby Creekwater, Grandmaster Roc Raida and Scribe. The second single off the album "Keep on Calling", featured rising American hip-hop star Akon and charted at #23 in New Zealand.

He won the awards "Best Producer" (for his work on Scribe's multi-platinum album The Crusader) and "Songwriter of the Year" at the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards2.

P-Money records for the label Dirty Records, which he co-owns.

In September 2008 he released "Everything" featuring Vince Harder which peaked at #1 on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart on October 13, scoring P-Money his second number in his native country.1 In February 2009 a follow up to "Everything", "Angels", was released to radio and digitally.

Discography

Albums

Date of Release Title Label NZ1
2001 Big Things Dirty Records 7
2004 Magic City Dirty Records 2

Singles

Year Title Charts Album
NZ
1		 AUS UK
3
2001 "Sunshine" (feat. Scribe) — — — non-album single
"Scribe 2001" (feat. Scribe) — — — Big Things
2002 "Synchronize Thoughts" (feat. 4 Corners & Scribe) — — —
2004 "Stop the Music" (feat. Scribe) 1 74 — Magic City
2005 "DTC 4life" (feat. Akon) 23 — —
2008 "Everything" (feat. Vince Harder) 1 85 138 non-album single
2009 "Angels" — — — non-album single

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=P-Money
  2. ^ http://www.vnzma.co.nz/
  3. ^ http://zobbel.de/cluk/090919cluk.txt
  4. ^ Australian Charts - P-money

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