Background
He is the son of rapper Peter Gunz, from the duo Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz.
He is the son of rapper Peter Gunz, from the duo Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz.
At age 14 Gunz was first signed by Tommy Mottola to Casablanca Records and Def Jam Recordings. Jay-Z shepherded him into a joint venture through The Island Def Jam Music Group. He was featured on a remix of Rihanna"s single "If lieutenant"s Lovin" That You Want".
Gunz mixtape The Apprentice 3 - Season Finale has amassed over 85,000 listens on the mixtape website DatPiff.
He also contributed a verse to the original version of Lil Wayne"s "A Milli" before it was replaced with new verses by Wayne for the album version. In 2009 while being about that life, Gunz linked a deal with After Platinum Records.
In early 2010, Gunz linked a deal with Young Money Entertainment and Universal Motown. Gunz has worked with actor and musician Nick Cannon.
In 2011, he was featured on Lil Wayne"s single "6 Foot 7 Foot" from Tha Carter IV. In 2011 Gunz starred on Music Television"s "Son of A Gun" a reality show that follows Gunz after and before he got signed by Young Money.
lieutenant was announced that Universal Republic Records was going defunct, all of the artists on the roster moved from the label including (Cory Gunz) was being moved to Republic Records making the label itself revived. On July 16, 2013 he released his first mixtape in two years with Datz WTF I’m Talkin Bout, it featured guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Charlie Rock, Mack Maine, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J among others In March 2014, Gunz revealed he was working on an European Parliament titled Kriminal Minded and following its release he would release his debut studio album.