‘No Limit Chronicles’ traces Master P’s rise to rap stardom

“It’s gon’ be no limit to your achievements when you aspiration large.”

All those phrases of knowledge had been instilled in hip-hop mogul Grasp P by his grandmother when he was a kid. And judging by how he developed his No Limit Information empire — a journey that is lined in the new Wager docuseries “No Limit Chronicles,” premiering Wednesday at 9 p.m. — Grandma was appropriate.

The series traces how Percy “Master P” Miller rose up from the Calliope Jobs in New Orleans — exactly where, he says, “a life ain’t worthy of nothin’ ” — to found his own label and launch himself and other associates of his relatives into rap stardom. And in addition to Grasp P, his brothers Corey “C-Murder” Miller, Vyshonn “Silkk the Shocker” Miller, ex-wife Sonya “Sonya C” Miller and son Romeo Miller are all interviewed right here, displaying you just how considerably of a relatives small business No Limit was from its beginnings in 1991 to its individual bankruptcy in 2003.

“Nothing could end us but us,” says Grasp P, 53, in an job interview, continue to searching every bit the gangsta.

The 5-section docuseries reveals how Grasp P grew to become the mastermind of No Limit Information — which Snoop Dogg, the moment on the label’s roster, describes as “one of the fantastic dynasties in hip-hop” — by taking you back again to his challenging upbringing in the streets of New Orleans. But although his grandmother would toss scorching h2o on drug sellers to get them off his porch, Grasp P would also engage in DJ at relatives dinners.

Basketball, not new music, was at first supposed to be his way out of the projects, and “No Limit Chronicles” details how Grasp P was a high school hoops star who performed at the College of Houston in advance of an ACL injuries sidelined his basketball goals.

He recounts how he then turned to offering prescription drugs, considerably to his grandmother’s dismay, but found new inspiration when he and his high-school sweetheart Sonya experienced a “blessing” in their son Romeo. “No Limit Chronicles” follows the family’s go to Richmond, California, exactly where Grasp P opened the No Limit Information and Tapes retail store with $10,000 in seed income from a malpractice fit right after his grandfather’s death.

With his street savvy, he went from offering gangsta rap to getting a gangsta rapper himself. And “No Limit Chronicles” doesn’t shy away from the truth that he would sometimes promote new music and drug solution in tandem.

The docuseries also reveals Grasp P’s connection with the late rap legend Tupac Shakur, for whom he the moment opened. “I was really inspired by currently being with 2Pac,” he says.

But much more than his rap skills, it is clear that his small business acumen is what really put the “master” in Grasp P. He started taking small business classes at Merritt College in Oakland, California, and expanded his label’s roster to the south. Taking it back again to his roots, he introduced up rappers from New Orleans, which include feminine MC Mia X, who is interviewed right here.

And in one particular juicy reveal, Grasp P turned down a $one million deal from Interscope Information honcho Jimmy Iovine to preserve his unbiased hustle likely with No Limit Information, displaying you just how considerably of a Bay Area boss he experienced grow to be.