Percy Romeo Miller, Jr (born August 19, 1989), better known by his stage name
Romeo (previously
Lil' Romeo), is an American rapper, actor, basketball player, entrepreneur, and model. Miller is the son of well known rap mogul Master P, Miller's music has been released on Priority Records, Universal Records & Koch Records along with his former record label's No Limit Records, The New No Limit, Guttar Music, Take A Stand, The Next Generation & his current label No Limit Forever. Miller still holds the spot of the youngest person to hit #1 on the
Billboard 200, a record that was previously held by music icon Michael Jackson.
Miller gained fame & success in the early 2000s after signing with his father's popular and successful label at the time No Limit Records with the help of his debut single & most successful single to date "My Baby" which went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) it established Miller as the youngest person to achieve the #1 spot on the
Billboard 200. In 2001 Miller released his debut & most successful album to date
Lil 'Romeo it charted the US
Billboard 200 at number six & went on to be certified gold, selling over 500,000 copies.
Miller performed the single "My Baby" with his father Master P for late pop singer Michael Jackson at Jackson's star-studded 30th Anniversary Celebration, which was also broadcast on television.
In the later 2000s, as No Limit Records popularity was slowly declining, so was Miller's. Miller then signed to his father's relaunch label New No Limit Records. In 2002, Miller released his second album entitled
Game Time; it charted the US
Billboard 200 at number thirty-three. In 2004, Miller released his third album
Romeoland; it charted on the US
Billboard 200 at number seventy. In 2005, Nickelodeon offered Miller his own show entitled
Romeo!; the show was successful on the network and went on to run for three seasons.
In 2006, Miller released his independent album entitled
Lottery; it charted
Billboard 200 at forty. In 2006, Miller released the soundtrack to his movie
God's Gift; it was his first album released with his name changed to Romeo and his first album to be explicit. In 2007, Miller was offered and accepted a scholarship to play for the USC Trojans; Miller played for the team until 2010.
In 2011, Miller starred in the successful film, Jumping the Broom. Miller also starred in Tyler Perry's film Madea's Witness Protection in 2012.