Freak Nasty

Eric Henry Timmons, professionally known as Freak Nasty, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in New Orleans. He is best known for his Top 40 single "Da' Dip" released in 1996 which was a sleeper hit, and ultimately went mainstream in the summer of 1997; it later peaked number 15 on the Hot 100. Later he released "Do What U Feel" from the album Which Way Is Up, but it failed to reach the success of the previous song, making it to No. 87 on the Hot R&B charts. Freak Nasty began his career as a DJ and a hip hop producer. He was one of two in a group called PMW. He then found success in Atlanta, Georgia with his first album Freak Nasty, selling close to 300,000 units.[citation needed] His next album Controversee... That's Life... And That's the Way It Is, was a much bigger hit and sold over 5 million units,[citation needed] mainly due to his smash hit single "Da' Dip", which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2007, the single "Do It Just Like a Rockstar" peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 due to mistaken ID3 tags. The iTunes Store erroneously titled the song "Party Like a Rockstar", which led to consumers confusing it with the Shop Boyz single of the same name. Freak Nasty (1994) Controversee...That's Life...And That's the Way It Is (1996) Freak Nasty Da' Dip (1997) Which Way Is Up? (2000) Freak Nasty World (2002) Zahira Sims (Party Mix) (2005) Freaknotic/Crunk City (2007) Erlewine, Steve. "Freak Nasty All Music Bio". AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2016. "Freak Nasty Last fm Information". Lastfm. Retrieved February 11, 2016. "Freak Nasty | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-14. "AAH HHA DADIP 2". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved July 6, 2023. "Music VF Information". MusicVF. Retrieved February 11, 2016. "Shop Boyz Track Has Surprise Rival On Hot 100". Billboard. May 18, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2025. Drake, David (May 22, 2014). "A Brief History of Atlanta One-Hit Wonders". Complex. Retrieved January 26, 2025. "All Music Discography". All Music. Retrieved February 11, 2016. "Freak Nasty Music News & Info". Billboard. on Facebook v t e