This is an accepted version of this page Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper.

[1] Currensy is perhaps best known for his 2015 single, "Bottom of the Bottle" (featuring Lil Wayne and August Alsina), which remains his sole entry on the Billboard Hot 100.

[2] The song "Get Back"[3] by 504 Boyz, produced by Donald XL Robertson, was featured on the 2003 film Malibu's Most Wanted soundtrack.

While still at Young Money, Currensy created Fly Society with skateboarder Terry Kennedy, first as a clothing company, then expanding to release music.

Currensy was also selected to XXL magazine's annual "Freshman Class" list, and released his second album, Jet Files, through Amalgam Digital that same year.

Currensy made numerous appearances on labelmate Ski Beatz' debut studio album, 24 Hour Karate School, which was released on September 21, 2010.

Currensy's fourth album, Pilot Talk II, was released on November 22, 2010,[11] which featured Fiend and Raekwon, among others, with many of the songs produced by Ski Beatz.

Released for free via Currensy's official website on April 20, the album contains ten songs completely produced by The Alchemist.

Frequent collaborators of Currensy are also featured on this album, including Smoke DZA, The Cool Kids' Mikey Rocks, Cornerboy P, Fiend, Street Wiz, and Nesby Phips.

[17] In November 2012 Currensy gave an update on his and Wiz Khalifa's mixtape Live in Concert saying its release is being held up by sample issues.

On February 3, 2013, Currensy released his latest mixtape New Jet City with guest appearances from Wiz Khalifa, French Montana, Jadakiss, Juvenile, Juicy J, Trinidad James and Rick Ross among others.

[24] On January 17, 2013, Currensy announced on Twitter that he and Ski Beatz began the process of making Pilot Talk III.

[25] The album has been in development ever since, with Currensy, in various interviews, naming possible guest appearances from Lil Boosie,[26] Lil Wayne,[27] Wiz Khalifa, Ab-Soul, French Montana, Action Bronson,[28] Jadakiss, Styles P, and Riff Raff, with a majority of the production handled by Ski Beatz, along with some production from Cool & Dre.

[38] On October 6, 2015, Currensy was awarded $3 million in settlement stemming from the 2012 lawsuit against Dash for releasing material of his music without his consent.