Freekey Zekey

Zekey worked across rapper, music executive, businessperson and musician. The registers place that work in hip-hop. This article rests on 7 catalogued compositions, 4 issued recordings and 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Freekey Zekey • Birth Name — Ezekiel Jiles • Born — 13 October 1975 • Died — YYYY MM DD • Origin — Manhattan, New York City, U.S. • Genre — Hip hop • Occupation — * Rapper • record executive • businessman • Years Active — 1996–present • Label — * MNRK • Big Cat • Diplomat • 730 Dips • Current Member Of — 730 Dips • Past Member Of — The Diplomats

Jiles, along with his cousin Cam'ron and their friend Jim Jones formed the hip-hop group the Diplomats in their hometown of Harlem, New York in 1997. Jiles adopted the stage name Freekey Zekey and the group began writing and performing songs together. In the early years of the group, Zekey served mostly as a hype man, yelling adlibs or his name during other members' songs and performances. Zekey was responsible for writing and performing almost all of the skits on Diplomat mixtapes and Cam'ron's albums, and did this until he was sentenced to 35–42 months in prison in February 2004. While in prison, Zekey began writing his own songs and honed his skills as a rapper. Just a few weeks after being released from prison in November 2006, Freekey signed a contract with Asylum Records to release his debut album, Book of Ezekiel. The album was released on July 24, 2007, and featured guest appearances from other members of The Diplomats, including Cam'ron, Jim Jones and Juelz Santana. The album peaked at #23 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. After The Diplomats effectively disbanded in 2007, Freekey went on to form his own label/group, the 730 Dips, and also joined Jim Jones' new group, ByrdGang.

On April 25, 2003, Jiles and his crew were involved in a minor car collision outside of a Manhattan nightclub, after another car collided with the back of the vehicle Jiles and his crew were inside. After stepping out of their vehicle, the men in the other car attempted to rob Jiles and his friends. Jiles was shot once in the abdomen and sustained minor injuries after the incident. In total, over 44 bullets were fired at Jiles and his crew during the altercation, and one member of Jiles’ entourage, his bodyguard Eric Mangrum, was killed. In December 2005, Chauncey Dillon was sentenced to 30 years in prison for both robbery and the murder of Mangrum.

Jiles was sentenced to 35–42 months in prison on February 5, 2004, for running an ecstasy ring. Jiles served 33 months at the Durham Correctional Center in Durham, North Carolina before being released on November 20, 2006.

• Year — Title — Chart positions — Certifications and sales • U.S. — U.S. R&B — U.S. Rap • 2007 — Book of Ezekiel * First Studio Album * Released: July 24, 2007 * Label: Diplomat Records/Asylum Records — 154 — 23 — 8 — * US Sales: N/A *

• 2008: Blame It on the Henny • 2008: Henny & a Cigarette • 2010: Gangsta Ambition

• Year — Title — Chart positions — Album • U.S. Hot 100 — U.S. R&B — U.S. Rap • 2007 — "Hater What You Lookin' At" — — — — — — — Book of Ezekiel • "Like This" — — — — — — • "Livin' It Up" — — — — — — • 2009 — "I'm Poppin'" — — — — — — — —

• Year — Title — Chart positions — Album • U.S. Hot 100 — U.S. R&B — U.S. Rap • 2004 — "Hey Lady" (Cam'ron featuring Freekey Zekey) — — — — — — — Purple Haze

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name • Title — Year — Other artist(s) — Album • "Disgusting" — 2012 — Young Cutta, Tito Green — Where's The Fire

Freekey Zekey is recorded as rapper, music executive, businessperson and musician. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 14448366x. Established in Library of Congress under no2008186048. Established in Discogs under 198573.