Jaheim
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Two years later, he experienced more tragedy when his mom died. But Hoagland kept the faith and became a sensation in New Jersey at talent shows. Four years after his moms death, he recorded a tape that led to a deal with Divine Mill Records (a division of Warner Bros.). Hoagland received good reactions from two singles -- Could It Be and Lil Nigga Aint Mine -- on BET video shows. Appearing with Hoagland on his first album was an all-star crew: RL (from Next), Blackstreet, and Darren and Cliff Lighty. His second album, Still Ghetto, was released at the tail end of 2002. Another Top Ten hit, it placed two singles in the Top 40, Fabulous and Anything. Ghetto Classics followed in early 2006 (Valentines Day, to be exact) and became his first number one album.
