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Fabolous was born John David Jackson on the 18th of November 1977. He grew up in Breevort Houses in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, and attended several schools including Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy.
Fabolous intended to call himself simply "Fabulous" but misspelled it during a freestyle performance, and the misspelled name stuck. He had previously rapped under the name Fabolous Sport, a reference to Ralph Lauren's Polo Sport line, before shortening it.
Loso's Way, released in July 2009, was Fabolous's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 99,000 copies in its first week. The album was conceptually inspired by the 1993 film Carlito's Way.
"Make Me Better," featuring Ne-Yo and produced by Timbaland, spent 14 weeks at number one on the Hot Rap Track Billboard Chart. It was the third single from From Nothin' to Somethin' (2007) and later won the ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Award for Top Rap Song in 2008.
Fabolous founded Street Family Records in 2006 in Brooklyn, New York, as his own imprint after signing with Def Jam Recordings. Artists on the label include Freck Billionaire, Paul Cain, Broadway, and Red Cafe.
Fabolous has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. The nominations were for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2005 for "Dip It Low" with Christina Milian, and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2010 for "Money Goes, Honey Stays" with Jay-Z.