Fly Union

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Fly Union
Also known asFly Dot U
Origin Columbus, Ohio
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producers
  • rapper
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2007–2015
Labels
  • Fly Union Records
  • Hype Music [1] [2]
  • The Greater Than Club
Members
  • Iyeball
  • Jay Swifa
  • Jerreau
Website flydotu.com

Fly Union (sometimes stylized as Fly.Union) were an American hip hop group from Columbus, Ohio. The group consists of production duo MnkeyWrench (Iyeball and Jay Swifa) and rapper Jerreau. [3] [4] [5] Rapper Vada Azeem was also a founder and member of the collective before leaving the group in 2008. [6] They are most notable for their debut studio album, TGTC (The Greater Than Club) , which reached the number one spot on iTunes' New Hip Hop chart in 2011. [7]

Contents

Career

Fly Union has worked with popular artists such as Big Sean, [8] Casey Veggies, [9] Chip Tha Ripper, [10] Curren$y, [11] Dom Kennedy, [12] Kendrick Lamar, [13] Naledge, [14] Pusha T, [15] Schoolboy Q, [16] Talib Kweli, [17] and Willie the Kid. [18]

In 2012, Fly Union was one of the artists featured in BET's Music Matters Tour. [19]

Recognition

On December 11, 2012, Fly Union was featured on XXL's We Got Next. [20]

On July 27, 2013, it was announced that the song "Long Run" would be featured on the soundtrack to NBA 2K14. [21]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Compilations

Production discography

2010

Naledge – Twenty Something [22]

2011

Currensy - Jet Files [23]
06. "Stay Up" (featuring Fly Union)

2012

Casey Veggies – Customized Greatly Vol. 3 [24]
Dom Kennedy – Yellow Album [25] [26]
02. "Been Thuggin"
Pusha T –

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References

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  2. ↑ "Fly Union – The Greater Than Club". Amazon February 14, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Fly Union Bio". MTV . Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fly Union Discusses Groups Origin". Vibe. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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  9. ↑ "Casey Veggies - Customized Greatly Vol. 3". 2dopeboyz April 9, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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  15. ↑ "Pusha T – Pies (Prod. By Fly Union)". NahRight August 03, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "Fly.Union, Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar". 2dopeboyz June 22, 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "Talib Kweli - The MCEO Mixtape". ILLROOTS 10 March 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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  19. ↑ "Fly Union x BET Music Matters Tour '12". Vibe December 18, 2012. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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  21. ↑ "NBA 2K14 soundtrack revealed". GameSpot July 26, 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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  23. ↑ "Curren$y – Jet Files". 2DopeBoyz September 29, 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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