Alfamega

Alfamega
Birth name	Cedric Zellars
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Universal Records (2003 - 2004) Grand Hustle Records (2005-2009)
Associated acts	T.I.

Cedric Zellars, better known by his stage name Alfamega, is an American hip hop recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1995, Zellars was convicted for illegally selling firearms and was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison at United States Penitentiary, Atlanta. In 1997, Zellars' prison sentence was reduced by 18 months as a reward for cooperating with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and for providing testimony in a drug trafficking trial.^[1][2]

Zellars started his music career in 2002, after being released from prison. He shared 1,700 songs that he had written in prison with Beanie Sigel. Universal offered him a record deal, but it was ended in 2004 without any album releases. In 2005, Zellars joined Grand Hustle Records, a music label founded by fellow Atlantan rapper T.I.^[3]

In 2009, The Smoking Gun published court records identifying that Zellar's prison sentence had been reduced in 1997 for cooperating with the DEA. After the news broke, T.I. released Zellars from his Grand Hustle Records label and the production of Zellars' debut album I Am Alfamega was indefinitely halted.^[4][5]

Discography

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap
2008	"Uh Huh" (featuring T.I.)	-	60[6]	-

Guest appearances

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	Album
2007	"Hurt" (T.I. featuring Alfamega & Busta Rhymes)	-	89[7]	-	T.I. vs. T.I.P.

References

1. "T.I.'s Snitch Posse". The Smoking Gun. TSG Industries Inc. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. "Government's Motion for Downward Departure (page 1)". The Smoking Gun. United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (published 5 May 2009). 10 June 1997. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. Jeffries, David. "Alfamega - Biography". Billboard. Billboard. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
4. Reid, Shaheem (6 May 2009). "T.I. Associate Alfamega Was A DEA Informant, The Smoking Gun Claims". MTV News. Viacom International Inc. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
5. "T.I. Boots Alfamega From Grand Hustle Records". MTV News. Viacom International Inc. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
6. Werde, Bill, ed. (11 October 2008). "R&B/Hip-Hop". Billboard. 41 120. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 63. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
7. Werde, Bill, ed. (12 January 2008). "R&B/Hip-Hop". Billboard. 2 120. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 51. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 9 July 2015.