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Biography
Miller was born in New Orleans, the oldest of five children. After attending the University of Houston, Miller moved to Richmond, California and opened a small record store, No Limit Records, financing the store with money that he received as part of a medical malpractice settlement related to the death of his grandfather.
Entertainer
P. Miller started out with the rap group TRU with his two brothers Silkk The Shocker and C-Murder. P. Miller left In-A-Minute records shortly after releasing his debut album and formed his own label No Limit Records. With P. Miller as its premier artist, No Limit Records went on to release many albums from artists such as Snoop Dogg, Mystikal, Mia X, Mercedes, Soulja Slim, UGK, and Miller's siblings Silkk Tha Shocker and C-Miller and sons Romeo and Young V. He started a new label The New No Limit Records and then in 2006, P. Miller and son Romeo started a new label called Take A Stand Records.
After working in music industry as a retailer, P. Miller became an entertainer, as well as owning his own record company. No Limit Records, the retail store, became No Limit, the record company. In 1994, he self-produced his first album,
After selling millions of records, he decided to sign his company, No Limit Records, to a straight pressing and distribution deal with Priority Records. The deal was solidified with Priority in 1995, No Limit Records released TRU (made up of P. Miller and his brothers, Silkk the Shocker and C-Miller).
His first feature film, 'I'm Bout It', a straight to video project debuted number one on Billboard's Top Music Video chart.[3] The film is allegedly based loosely on his life growing up in New Orleans. The soundtrack debuted number one on Billboard's R&B album chart and number five on Billboard's Top 250.[3]
Although most of his singles were released from albums, a stand-alone single released in 1998, "I Got the Hook-Up!", featuring The Sons of Funk, reached #16.
Businessman and entrepreneur
As founder and CEO of No Limit Entertainment, Miller at one time presided over a business empire that included No Limit Records, Bout It Inc., No Limit Clothing, No Limit Films, No Limit Sports Management, PM. Properties and Advantage Travel. P. Miller ranked 10th on Forbes magazine's 1998 list of America's 40 highest paid entertainers with an estimated income of $56.5 million.
Film and television
P. Miller has produced eight films, written and directed six, and starred in over a dozen including major studio releases such as Gone in 60 Seconds (alongside Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie), Dark Blue with Kurt Russell and starred opposite Harrison Ford in the cop comedy Hollywood Homicide (2003). P. Miller's filmography also includes Uncle P (New Line), Uncle Willy's Family, Soccer Mom, Repos, Black Supaman, Down and Distance, Toxic, and The Pig People (currently in production.)[10] P. Miller also manages the music, film and television career of his son, teen rap star Lil Romeo and pop star Forrest Lipton.
P. Miller has also made history as the first hip-hop entrepreneur to own a cable television network, Better Black Television, (BBTV) whose aim is to promote positive messages and content to the African American culture which is set to launch in 2009. Executives include Denzel Washington, Derek Anderson of the Charlotte Bobcats, DJ Kool Herc and Bo Derek.
* 1991: Get Away Clean
* 1992: Mama's Bad Boy
* 1994: The Ghettos Tryin to Kill Me!
* 1995: 99 Ways to Die
* 1996: Ice Cream Man
* 1997: Ghetto D
* 1998: MP Da Last Don
* 1999: Only God Can Judge Me
* 2000: Ghetto Postage
* 2001: Game Face
* 2004: Good Side, Bad Side
* 2005: Ghetto Bill
* 2005: Living Legend: Certified D-Boy
* 2006: America's Most Luved Bad Guy
* 2007: Hip Hop History (with Romeo)
