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Fabolous got his stage name from a typo during a freestyle session where he misspelled his intended name Fabulous. The error stuck and became his brand, launching his career from the Breevort Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Fabolous was born in 1977 and grew up in the Breevort Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He attended the High School of Art & Design and City-As-School High School in Manhattan before transferring to Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy.
The 11th of September 2001 marked the release of Fabolous's debut studio album Ghetto Fabolous. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and sold over 140,000 copies in its first week.
Fabolous's fifth studio album Loso's Way debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in July 2009. It sold 99,000 copies in its first week and became his first album to top the chart.
On the 17th of October 2006 Fabolous was shot near his leg and later charged with criminal possession of weapons. On the 29th of March 2018 Fabolous was arrested for domestic violence after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Emily Bustamante.
Fabolous and his ex-girlfriend Emily Bustamante have two sons born in 2008 and 2015 and one daughter born in 2020. His personal life has been marked by both triumph and turmoil alongside his music career.