Coo Coo Cal

Coo Coo Cal
Coo Coo Cal
Birth name	Calvin Bellamy
Born	July 4, 1970; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1997-present
Labels	Tommy Boy F.U.P. MOB Suave House Records Tone Struck Entertainment
Website	Official website

Calvin Bellamy (born July 4, 1970), better known as Coo Coo Cal, is an American rapper and truck driver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His single "My Projects" went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart in 2001.[1]

Coo Coo Cal's first album, Walkin' Dead was released independently in 1999.[2] Tommy Boy Records released Cal's second album, Disturbed on September 18, 2001. The album spawned Cal's most successful single to date, "My Projects", which topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.[3]

After leaving Tommy Boy in 2002, Cal released a follow-up to Walkin' Dead entitled Still Walkin'. A fourth album, All or Nothin, followed in 2004. In 2018, Coo Coo Cal returned to release a new single Home on Tone Struck Entertainment and a tell all documentary.[4]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
Year	Album	U.S.	U.S. R&B
1999	Walkin' Dead Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Contex	–	–
2001	Disturbed Released: September 18, 2001 Label: Tommy Boy	45	15
2002	Still Walkin' Released: May 14, 2002 Label: Infinite	–	30
2004	All or Nothin' Released: April 6, 2004 Label: 33rd Street	–	–

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2001	"My Projects"	#81	#22	#14

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gollark: 🦀 EXAMS ARE ALSO GONE (or possibly postponed but this is unlikely)

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References

Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
Cantor, Paul (15 May 2012). "The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders". Complex. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
Wild, Matt (13 June 2018). "With a new single and tell-all documentary, it's the summer of Coo Coo Cal". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

External links

Coo Coo Cal discography at Discogs

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[1] Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[2] Cantor, Paul (15 May 2012). "The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders". Complex. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[3] Wild, Matt (13 June 2018). "With a new single and tell-all documentary, it's the summer of Coo Coo Cal". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[4] Depry, Dylan (9 June 2018). ""The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback" Coo Coo Cal tells all in new Documentary". Milwaukee Courier. Retrieved 30 May 2019.