The rapper for the group, DeGrate rarely sang lead on Jodeci tracks, although he has production and songwriting credits on Diary of A Mad Band and The Show, The After Party, The Hotel.
[citation needed] He released his first solo album, Met.A.Mor.Phic, on April 18, 2000, with the single "Why Can't We".
The album was due to be released in 2010, but he decided to leave Def Jam and form his own label, DeGrate Productions, after a dispute.
[citation needed] In 2012 he announced he was working on an album called "Egomaniac", but it has been shelved.
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