


Hood also released mixtapes called Ace Won't Fold and All Bets On Ace. Singles included " Cash Flow" featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross, and " Ride" featuring Trey Songz. His first album, Gutta, was released in 2008. Hood was named, along with several others, on the Freshmen of '09 by XXL magazine. After Hood gave Khaled an autobiography and his demo tape, Khaled asked Hood to do a freestyle over the instrumental of his song " I'm So Hood" from his second album, We the Best, and later signed Hood to his We the Best Music Group label. In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the office of the WEDR 99 Jamz radio station.

Career 2006–2008: Career beginnings and Gutta He also began promoting himself via open mic events and talent shows around town. Hood teamed up with a local group called Dollaz & Dealz and released a single titled "M.O.E." in 2006. Following a football injury in the 10th grade, and after realizing he wouldn't be able to go pro, the Broward County native began to seriously consider rapping as a career.

He graduated from Deerfield Beach High School. in Deerfield Beach, part of Broward County. Lucie, Florida, and was raised by his mother, who is of Haitian origin, alongside his younger cousin Ty Barton Jr. In 2016, McColister announced his departure from We the Best Music and is currently working as an independent artist. The albums contained his highest-charting singles, " Hustle Hard" and " Bugatti" (featuring Future and Rick Ross), respectively. He has released four studio albums with his most successful of which being Blood, Sweat & Tears (2011) and Trials & Tribulations (2013). He was signed to record producer DJ Khaled's label We the Best Music Group in 2008, in a joint-venture with Def Jam Recordings. Lucie, Florida and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper.
