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On February 27, 2012, Big Kuntry King released a mixtape titled 100% (KANE), including production from Zaytoven, Nard & B and Two Band Geeks and features a guest appearance from T.I. On December 12, 2012 Big Kuntry King released another mixtape, Dope & Champagne.

After recording for close to a year, Kuntry’s debut was a solid collection of songs produced by some of Atlanta’s trend-setting track masters, including Shawty Redd and Marvelous J. On the song “Pots and Pans,” Kuntry breaks down the difference between the music he was raised on Down South as opposed to what people up North were accustomed to hearing. On the Nard & B produced cut “Soul of a Man,” Kuntry talks about the heavy expectations that are placed on men everyday, and the common struggle to always do the right thing. Kuntry’s track “Posse” is all about repping where he’s from and the company that he keeps: “If you listen to my album you’re going to be rockin’ the whole time,” he says. “I hand-picked all of my beats and I’m very picky. A lot of people tell me I got an ear and I appreciate it ’cause this ear is going to get me paid.” Cha-ching!”. “I think my music is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” he says. “It’s like, he’s funny, he’s cracking jokes but he’s serious ain’t he? It’s a psychological thing; I don’t think a lot of rappers are like that.” The album, released September 30, 2008, debuted at #98 on the Billboard 200.

In 2006, he was featured on the remix to T.I.’s “Top Back”, also featuring Young Jeezy, Young Dro and B.G.. The remix was included on the Grand Hustle compilation album Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streetz Volume 4 (2006).

Big Kuntry King’s first major feature spot came on T.I.’s debut studio album, I’m Serious (2001), on the song “Heavy Chevys.” In between appearing on subsequent T.I. albums like Trap Muzik (2003) and Urban Legend (2004), Big Kuntry recorded and released several songs on his own, including “Still Nation” and “Throwback.” As a member of P$C, the Grand Hustle-signed five-man group released their debut album, 25 to Life, in 2005, which spawned the lead single, “I’m a King” featuring Lil’ Scrappy. With the release of the P$C album, Big Kuntry was suddenly introduced to a nationwide audience but unfortunately for him, it wasn’t his star that T.I. and Grand Hustle focused on making the brightest: “They had just signed Young Dro, and Tip made this song ‘Shoulder Lean’ for him, he threw some verses on it and it was a smash song. We was like damn, we’ve been here since day one killing it and you’re going to come out with Young Dro? That’s when I said man, I have to step this up.”

A couple of years after his father was released from a seven-year stint in federal prison, Kuntry started rapping as a way to earn extra money. In 1996, Kuntry befriended local up-and-coming rapper T.I., who was already known around Atlanta as a skilled lyricist, and together they sold mixtapes out the trunk of their car. “The raps, that was our dope,” Kuntry says. “We was rapping because we knew we could make us enough money to buy something and get out. And it made us look good in our neighborhood and every other neighborhood in the A.”

Sean Merrett (born November 1, 1978), better known by his stage name Big Kuntry King, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He is perhaps best known as a member of Southern hip hop group Pimp $quad Click, along with longtime friend and fellow Atlanta-based rapper T.I.. After signing to T.I.’s Grand Hustle imprint, Big Kuntry King secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records. His debut studio album, My Turn to Eat, was released September 30, 2008.