Berner (rapper)

Berner
Berner
	Milam in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr.
Born	October 27, 1981 (age 39)
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper; songwriter; entrepreneur;
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Bern One Entertainment; Taylor Gang; ;
Associated acts	B-Real; Cam'ron; Cozmo; The Jacka; Larry June; Mozzy; San Quinn; Scott Storch; Styles P; Wiz Khalifa; Young Dolph;

Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr. (born October 27, 1981), better known by his stage name Berner, is an American rapper and entrepreneur signed to Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Entertainment. As of 2019, Berner has released 16 albums, several of which have charted on Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart. As an entrepreneur, he's credited with the creation of multiple companies including Cookies, and is heavily active in California-based cannabis trade market.^[1]

Early life

A Sunset District native, Berner attended Galileo Academy of Science and Technology before dropping out. His mother was an office worker and his father was a chef at a Mexican restaurant on Fillmore Street.^[2] When Berner was 13, the family moved to Arizona, where his father planned to open a restaurant. During high school, Berner began battle rapping and in 2006 he released his first mixtape, Dirty Sneakers...Plenty Ways to Get It.^[2]

Musical career

After forming his own label, Bern One Entertainment in 2007, Berner released his debut album, Track Money & Pack Money, with Equipto. His first solo album, Weekend at Bernie’s arrived in 2009, along with four other albums.^[3]

In March 2012, Berner signed to Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Records. Urban Farmer, Berner’s first collection to be released on Taylor Gang Records, was released on October 2, 2012. In 2013, Berner embarked performed on the "Under the Influence of Music Tour" alongside Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Trinidad Jame$ and Joey Bada$$. In 2015, Berner released Contraband, a collaborative album with Cam’ron, as well as Drought Season 3 with deceased rapper The Jacka. In 2016, Berner released the solo album Hempire, also producing a 4/20 show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium with a lineup that included Cypress Hill, Juicy J, Dizzy Wright, J Boog, Kool John, and Berner.^[3]^[4]

Urban Farmer, another of Berner's albums, features Iamsu! from The HBK Gang on two tracks; and the Jacka, Rydah J. Klyde and San Quinn on 21 Gunz.^[5]

Berner's single, 20 Lights reached #95 in Billboard's 200 chart. It was released on January 6, 2015. "Best Thang Smokin" is the lead single in Berner's album Hempire, released April 1, 2016.^[6]

On May 4, 2019, he released a new album with one song featuring T3R Elemento star Kris Nava called El Chivo.

Business career

Berner ran a cannabis club from age 18 to 25; after meeting Wiz Khalifa, the latter heard Berner's release with Equipto, and signed him under the Taylor Gang.^[5]^[7]

Berner opened a clothing and lifestyle store in San Francisco called "Cookies", selling items such as lunch bags, duffle bags and "smell proof" backpacks.^[8] He is associated with the "Cookie Family" of marijuana geneticists, who produce strains common in California, such as "Girl Scout Cookies" and "Sunset Sherbet".^[9]^[10]

Discography

Solo albums

2007: Dirty Sneakers... Plenty Ways To Get It
2009: Weekend At Bernie’s
2011: The White Album
2012: Urban Farmer
2013: Drugstore Cowboy
2015: 20 Lights EP - Billboard Top 200 #95 ^[11]
2016: Hempire - Billboard Top 200 #54 ^[12]
2016: Packs
2016: Berner (DJ Michael Watts Swisha House Remix)
2017: Sleepwalking
2018: The Big Pescado
2018: RICO
2018: 11/11
2019: Drugstore Cowboy (DJ Michael Watts Swisha House Remix)
2019: El Chivo
2019: La Plaza
2020: Russ Bufalino: The Quiet Don
2021: Paulie Cicero

Collaboration albums

2007: Track Money & Pack Money (with Equipto)^[3]^[13]
2008: Drought Season (with The Jacka)
2009: Demolition Men Presents: Duffle Bag Money (with Equipto)
2009: Drought Season 2 (with The Jacka)
2009: Blow (with Messy Marv)
2009: Traffic (with Ampichino)
2010: Traffic 2: Trains Planes & Automobiles (with Ampichino)
2010: Blow (Blocks & Boat Docks) (with Messy Marv)
2012: Border Wars (with The Jacka)
2013: Cookies & Cream (with San Quinn)
2014: Prohibition (with B-Real)
2015: Drought Season 3 (with The Jacka)
2015: Harvest Season (with Liqz)
2015: Prohibition Part 2 (with B-Real)
2015: Contraband EP (with Cam’ron)
2016: Prohibition Part 3 (with B-Real)
2016: Public Enemies (with Lil Evil & Aftah Sum)
2016: Guilty By Association 2: Criminal Enterprise (with Rich Rocka aka Ya Boy & San Quinn)
2017: Vibes (with Styles P)
2017: Tracking Numbers EP (with Young Dolph)
2018: Terra Firma EP (with Omni Alien)
2019: Slimey Individualz (with Mozzy)
2019: Pheno Grigio (with Curren$y)
2020: Los Meros (with B-Real)
2020: The Warning (with R-MEAN)
2020: Cooks & Orange Juice EP (with Larry June)
2020: Respect The Connect (with Cozmo)^[14]
2021: They Land Better In Manchester EP (with Tunde)^[15]

Compilations

2010: The Best Of Goldtoes & Berner
2014: Dirty Money Compilation (Volume 1)
2017: Dirty Money Compilation (Volume 2)
2017: Dirty Money Compilation (Volume 2) (Chopped Not Slopped)

Singles

2008: Purp (Remix) With The Jacka
2009: Got Work - Feat Bun B
2010: This Love Feat Supa Sag
2011: Flyn Feat Homewrecka & Smiggz
2011: Dirty
2011: Yoko Feat Wiz Khalifa & Big Krit
2011: Day Dreamin’
2011: Yoko (Remix) Feat Wiz Khalifa & Big Krit & Chris Brown
2012: Exhale Feat Cozmo
2012: No Handcuffs Feat Chevy Woods
2013: Vega (Freestyle)
2013: Wide Open Feat Project Pat
2013: Goodstock - Berner, Chevy Woods & Tuki Carter
2013: If I Don’t Gotta Feat Freeze & Smiggz
2013: Paradise Feat Wiz Khalifa
2013: Me & You Feat Suga Free
2013: All In With San Quinn Feat Baldhead Rick
2013: Fly Away With San Quinn Feat Equipto
2013: Get High
2013: Working Girl
2013: That’s How The $ Money Came
2013: Get High (Remix) Feat Designer D, Strae Bullet, Nit Da Pit
2013: Don’t Stop Feat Gage Gully
2013: Home Of The Cookies Feat Anonymous That Dude
2014: Dirty Money
2014: Chapo Feat Wiz Khalifa
2014: Dizzy
2014: 20 Joints
2014: Trippin’ (Freestyle)
2014: So Much Joy Feat Anonymous That Dude
2014: Thru
2014: Mess
2014: Check Talk Feat Slicc Pulla
2014: All In A Day Feat YG, Young Thug, Vital
2014: Everything Everything - Berner, Wiz Khalifa, Iamsu!, JR Donato & Kool John
2014: Sell It All (Freestyle)
2015: Still I Ride
2015: Money First With Dinero G Feat Lucky Luciano
2015: Street Money (Freestyle)
2015: Mind Blown Feat Anonymous That Dude
2015: Murda Murda With Paul Wall & Demrick
2015: Foreign Feat Keak Da Sneak, Sage The Gemini, Snow Tha Product
2015: Lifetime
2015: 100 P’s (Part 2)
2015: Dopeboy Dance Feat Nef The Pharaoh & Dyce
2015: Why Wait? With Camron Feat Wiz Khalifa & 2 Chainz
2016: Changes Feat Mistah FAB
2016: On My Own (Freestyle)
2016: Gun Play (Remix) Feat Wiz Khalifa & Hollywood
2017: Deep Thoughts Feat AG Cubano & Don Chino
2017: Hello Feat Jimmy Da Butcher
2018: Light Show Feat Kevin Gates
2019: Cookies In A Bag (Remix) Feat San Quinn, Swinla, Young Boo
2019: Ima Hustla With Prodkt & Louie Loc
2020: No Mids Feat G-Mainey

References

^ "Rapper Berner Talks Cannabis Business Ventures, Shares Advice For Entrepreneurs". finance.yahoo.com.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Harmon, Steve. "How Do You Spell Hip Hop Entrepreneur? Berner". Huffington Post. Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Berner at AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
^ Quitzon, Kimberly. "RECAP: BERNER PRESENTS HIPPIE HILL 2016". LA Music Blog. LA Music Blog. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Meline, Gabe. "Berner, the Rapper King of Girl Scout Cookies, Plays Tonight". SFWeekly. SFWeekly. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Mench, Chris. "Berner, Snoop Dogg, and Wiz Khalifa Burn One in Their Video for "Best Thang Smokin"". Complex. Complex. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Trivino, Jesus. "HOW RAPPER BERNER BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MARIJUANA ENTREPRENEURS". Latina. Latina. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ Palmer, Tamara. "Bay Area Rapper and Weed Entrepreneur Berner Opens Haight Street Clothing Store". NBC Bay Area. NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Scerrato, Alisa. "Long Lines At 'Cookies' Store Opening Today". Hoodline. Hoodline. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Roberts, Chris. "Million Dollar Cookie: How Berner Built a Business Empire on Marijuana". SFWeekly. SFWeekly. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ "Berner 20 Lights (EP) Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Berner Hempire Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ Berner discography at Discogs
^ "Berner & Cozmo - Respect the Connect". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
^ "Berner & Tunde - They Land Better In Manchester - EP". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

External links

[1] "Rapper Berner Talks Cannabis Business Ventures, Shares Advice For Entrepreneurs". finance.yahoo.com.

[Huffington_Post_interview-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Harmon, Steve. "How Do You Spell Hip Hop Entrepreneur? Berner". Huffington Post. Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[Allmusic_rec-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Berner at AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2016.

[LA_Music_Blog-4] Quitzon, Kimberly. "RECAP: BERNER PRESENTS HIPPIE HILL 2016". LA Music Blog. LA Music Blog. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[SFWeekly1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Meline, Gabe. "Berner, the Rapper King of Girl Scout Cookies, Plays Tonight". SFWeekly. SFWeekly. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[Complex-6] Mench, Chris. "Berner, Snoop Dogg, and Wiz Khalifa Burn One in Their Video for "Best Thang Smokin"". Complex. Complex. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[Latina-7] Trivino, Jesus. "HOW RAPPER BERNER BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MARIJUANA ENTREPRENEURS". Latina. Latina. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[NBC_Bay_Area-8] Palmer, Tamara. "Bay Area Rapper and Weed Entrepreneur Berner Opens Haight Street Clothing Store". NBC Bay Area. NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[Hoodline-9] Scerrato, Alisa. "Long Lines At 'Cookies' Store Opening Today". Hoodline. Hoodline. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[SFWeekly2-10] Roberts, Chris. "Million Dollar Cookie: How Berner Built a Business Empire on Marijuana". SFWeekly. SFWeekly. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[11] "Berner 20 Lights (EP) Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[12] "Berner Hempire Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[Discogs_rec-13] Berner discography at Discogs

[14] "Berner & Cozmo - Respect the Connect". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.

[15] "Berner & Tunde - They Land Better In Manchester - EP". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

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