Percy Romeo Miller, Jr.
(born August 19, 1989 [1] in New Orleans, Louisiana) better known by his stage name Romeo
, formerly Lil' Romeo
, is an American entertainer, actor, and basketball player. He is the son of entertainment mogul and entrepreneur Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. He has so far released five studio albums and two compilation albums. His sixth album Get Low LP
was released on March 3, 2009. He attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. He was awarded a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern California, where he is on the basketball team.
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Biography
Music career
Romeo recorded his first two albums for the now defunct
No Limit Records, 2001's
Lil' Romeo
and 2002's
Game Time
, both of which were certified multi-platinum. Romeo released a third album titled
Romeoland
through
Koch Records, with guest appearances from
Master P, the
Rich Boyz, and
Nick Cannon. On February 17, 2009, Romeo released his new album entitled, "Get Low LP". The new album will consist of many of Romeo Miller's hits from high school, as well as a few new songs never before released such as Get Low featuring Akon and a new song with Bobby Valentino & LiL Sterlin D'vante. On July 2, 2009 via his YouTube he has confirmed that he has been in the studio working on some new music for his new album entitled the "College Boy," coming soon.
Basketball career
Romeo was invited in the Summer of 2006 to the Reebok-sponsored ABCD Camp, considered the premier basketball camp in the United States. The
Teaneck, New Jersey-based ABCD Camp is an invitation-only basketball showcase previously attended by high-profile players including
Kobe Bryant,
Stephon Marbury,
Tracy McGrady,
LeBron James and
Carmelo Anthony. Surrounded by future NBA players such as
O. J. Mayo,
Derrick Rose, and
Kevin Love, Miller looked out of place and averaged less than 26 points a game throughout the camp.
The Wall Street Journal
made an article on March 8, entitled "A Hot Prospect," cites Sonny Vaccaro, the longtime director of the ABCD Camp, as explaining, "he invited Romeo Miller to the 2006 camp, primarily as a favor to Percy Miller, whom he knew from the club basketball circuit." In the article, Vaccaro indicated, "If you're looking for the profile of an athlete who plays basketball at USC, he's not it."
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On April 13, 2007, Miller verbally committed to the
University of Southern California (USC) and signed a letter of intent on November 19, 2007. Miller, a 5'11"
point guard at
Beverly Hills High School, a four year starter averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists per game during the 2006-2007 high school season.
[3]
According to
The Wall Street Journal
, it appears the decision to grant Miller a full scholarship at USC was largely driven by his relationship with friend and teammate
Demar DeRozan, the 6-foot-6 All-American forward who was rated as the number five prospect in the country on Scout.com.
The Wall Street Journal
reported Coach Tim Floyd as saying, "Last April...Percy Miller called while driving both players from a tournament in Fayetteville, Ark...Percy Miller said 'Demar and Romeo are ready to make their decision, and would you like to have them both on scholarship?'...'I said absolutely.'"
[ Miller and DeRozan began playing in the 2008-2009 season.
]
Acting career
Miller started his acting career with the 2003 film Honey
. His character was Benny, a young boy looking for a break. In this movie, he co-starred with Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer and Zachary Isaiah Williams. [4] He also made a cameo appearance in Max Keeble's Big Move
as himself in 2001. [5] Also in 2003, he starred in his own TV show called Romeo!
on Nickelodeon. He co-starred with his dad in a movie called Uncle P
in 2005. He also starred in another movie with Zachary Isaiah Williams, God's Gift
, which came out in 2006. Recently, he made a cameo appearance, as himself, in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as a rapping coach for the teachers. Then in 2007 he starred in film Crush On U as himself, Rome, alongside Forrest Lipton and Zachary Isaiah Williams who played the young Rome, Lil Romey and had also previously starred with Romeo in Honey and Nickelodeon's Romeo! as his little bro.
Discography
- Lil' Romeo
(2001)
- Game Time
(2002)
- Romeoland
(2004)
- Get Low LP
(2009)
- The College Boy
(2010)
Filmography
- Max Keeble's Big Move
(2001)
- Honey
(2003)
- Still 'Bout It
(2004)
- Decisions
(2004)
- Uncle P
(2005)
- God's Gift
(2006)
- Don't Be Scared
(2006)
- Crush On U
(2007)
- Sweetwater
(2008)
- The Pig People
(2009)
- The Mailman
(2009)
- Down and Distance
(2009)
Television
Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes
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2003–2006
| Romeo!
| Romeo Miller
| Main Role/Starring as Romeo
.
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Stack Shock
;Guest appearances
Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes
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2001
| The Brothers García
| Ty
| "Band on the Run" (episode 5, season 2)
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2001
| Oh Drama!
| Musical Guest
| Television special
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2001
| The Hughleys
| Himself
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2001
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
| Himself
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2002
| Raising Dad
| Marvin
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2002
| The 29th Annual American Music Awards
| Himself
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2003
| One on One
| Eric
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2003
| Static Shock
| Himself
| Recorded the final theme song for the series.
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2003
| All Grown Up!
| Lil Q
| "It's Cupid, Stupid" (episode 8, season 1) [6]
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2008
| ''Out of Jimmy's Head
| Himself
| "Lunch Tables" (episode 21, season 2) [7]
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References
- Romeo on MSN Music ''MSN''. Accessed July 31, 2008.
- Jon Weinbach (March 7, 2008). A Hot Prospect? ''The Wall Street Journal''. Accessed July 28, 2008.
- Antracia Merrill-Moorings, Lil Romeo to shoot hoops for USC, ''Frost Illustrated''. Accessed May 6, 2007.
- (November 19, 2002). It's a Wrap for "Honey" ''About.com''. Accessed August 29, 2008.
- Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) - Full cast and crew ''IMDB''. Accessed August 29, 2008.
- Lil' Romeo
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