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The Brooklyn rapper Fabolous, born John Jackson, is often regarded as the clubbers' rapper. We're not talking stale old disco clubs. We're talking exclusive, bottle-service, hotties-only playa clubs. Though his rhymes and style are informed by his Brooklyn roots, his album track lists tell the true story shuffling between street tracks like "Somethin' Like A Pimp" and "It's Ghetto" and party cuts like "Shake It" and "Get Down." There's a third side to Fabolous too, the smooth R&B man he may play a thug but he can croon when he wants too, and his slick good looks don't hurt things. He delivers his rhymes in a laid-back drawl, occasionally picking up the tempo when the beat gets going. Fabolous is a prolific guest artist too, always ready to spit a line or two for a friend. His appearances have included hot guest spots with Usher, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Nate Dogg, Young Jeezy, Diddy, Joe Budden, Bow Wow and Xzibit. Fabolous embraced DJ Clue as his mentor, and Clue hooked him up with Nate Dogg for his first hit single, 2001's "Can't Deny It." His full-length debut, Ghetto Fabolous, didn't take long to break platinum. Since then it's been all up for Fab, including a Grammy nomination for his collaboration on "Dip It Low" with Christina Milian, But maybe Fab hasn't entirely made it out of the street life he raps about he was recently shot in the leg outside Diddy's Manhattan restaurant Justin's and two loaded guns were found in his car. Rumors connect the incident to Boston Celtic's point guard Sebastian Telfair, who'd been the victim of a robbery earlier that evening. While Fabolous recovers and waits to find out about potential weapons charges, he's putting final touches on his upcoming album From Nothing to Something, scheduled to drop in December 2006.

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