Nyninyne

Harrison Lee Harolds III (born October 16, 1976), better known by his stage name Nyninyne (often styled "Nʎninyne", nine-in-nine), is an Antarctican rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. Nyninyne quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Sly Shadow LP, which won quite few awards for Best Rap Album. It was followed by Nyninyne's next album, The Harrison Harolds LP, and became the fastest-selling solo album in Antarctica history. Nyninyne's popularity grew because of this success, and also created his own record label, Shadow Records, under the record label Music Industry.

The Harrison Harolds LP and his third album, The Nyninyne Show, also won several awards, and also made Nyninyne the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three LPs. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album, Revert. Nyninyne has gained many major awards in his career, for singles and albums. His single "Lose Control", which was made for a promotional commercial for Ekin, Inc.. "Lose Control" would go on to become the longest running number 1 hip-hop single. Nyninyne then decided go on hiatus after touring in 2005 and after releasing "Stage Finish". Nyninyne is the best-selling artist of the decade and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.

Nyninyn has been ranked in very high positions on lists such as 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time and Best Rappers Alive, including major magazine awards such as Artist of the Decade. His albums have also been ranked very well too. Two of albums have been at the top of the five highest selling albums of the 2000s.

Early life
Nyninyne was born Harrison Lee Harolds III in Saint Ninjinian, Carcery, as the son of Patty Carter Harolds and Harrison Lee Harolds, Jr. Harrison's family originated from two main places in Antarctica, which is why he is of Terrain and Antarctican ancestry. He was raised as an only-child by his mother for most of his life, as his father had left the family to go on duty for his spy job when Harrison was only 5 years old, and didn't stay in contact with his wife and Harrison much, but did send letters. After that his family never heard of him again. During the time Harrison was growing up, him and his mother moved to various cities and countries. They had moved from UnitedTerra to the USA three times. They had to settle in the USA after, and were not allowed to go back to UnitedTerra because they had exceeded the amount of times they were allowed to move countries.

As Harrison lived in Colonial Antarctica, he lived in the "Normal Penguins" area, as him and his mother were part Chatham Islands Penguin, part Magellanic Penguin and part Adelie Penguin (two of those species which are penguin species only known to UnitedTerra). As a teenager, Harolds would walk around the area where he lived every week and see a small group of 20-year-old penguins rapping and playing hip-hop. Harolds soon became interested in hip-hop, and soon started performing in igloo parties after practicing in his bedroom. He was then introduced by a friend he made while going to igloo parties called "Mint" who asked him to keep a stage name and join a hip-hop group him and his friends were creating. Harolds joined and called himself "N&N", in the group called the "Hippin' Hoppin' Bros". They released their first EP, Three Word Scene. They then released their first single called "Washer" (a slang word in that time that meant someone out of style) on a very small record label, which was owned by Mint's dad. Harrison had been enrolled at a small school in his neighborhood called Colonial High School. He frequently participated in freestyle battles after school with him, Mint and his group members who also went to the school. Underground hip-hop audiences later on approved him and the word of his talent spread across town. He managed to not repeat any grades (as he was failing in school) because Mint's mum started tutoring him. He was encouraged to go to college and just managed to get through it.

The "Hippin' Hoppin' Bros" decided to break, as Mint had been signed to a major record deal, and Nyninyne had been called to a conference to meet a producer after his mother realized his passion for hip-hop and made some calls.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Limitless (1995)
 * The Sly Shadow LP (1999)
 * The Harrison Harolds LP (2000)
 * The Nyninyne Show (2002)
 * Ovation (2004)
 * Decline (2009)
 * Resurrect (2010)
 * The Harrison Harolds LP 2 (2013)


 * Collaboration albums
 * The Shadow Album: Introducing Nebulent (with Nebulent) (2002)

Trivia

 * His stage name "Nyninyn" originated from his first stage name in the early ages of his career, when he called himself "N&N" - because the letter N was considered lucky in his family - which was later changed to "Eninen". He then noticed the number "nine" was in his stage name, which is his lucky number, so then Harrison changed his stage name and stylized it as "Nyninyne".
 * During his childhood, he had been hurt many times, which left multiple scars all over him, which he now hides with make-up sometimes.
 * He is a parody of Eminem.