{{short description|American rapper}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Big Tuck | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Cedric Lee Juan Tuck <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Tuck Facebook Page |url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/tharealbigtuck/about/?ref=page_internal |website=Facebook |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> | origin = Dallas, Texas<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Tuck Twitter Page |url=https://twitter.com/thabigtuck?lang=en |website=Twitter |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> | instrument = | genre = Hip hop, Gangsta rap | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 2004–active | label = Universal Records | website = [http://thabigtuckshow.com/ thabigtuckshow.com] | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Cedric Lee Juan Tuck''', known mostly by his stage name '''Big Tuck''', is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. He is a member of the Dallas rap group Dirty South Rydaz.
==Biography== Tuck was born on March 29, 1979. He grew up in the Queen City neighborhood of South Dallas, where he attended Lincoln High School, and studied music at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
After dropping out of college, Tuck returned to South Dallas to begin performing rap music.<ref name="No bed of roses">{{cite news |first=Thor |last=Christensen |title=No bed of roses |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/120806dnglbigtuck_wb.ac3d09e.html |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=8 December 2006 |accessdate=30 January 2010}}</ref> In 2004, he joined a seven member band, Dirty South Rydaz. He also recorded a successful independent solo album, ''Purple Hulk'', that led to Big Tuck and Dirty South Rydaz being signed by Universal in November 2005.<ref name="No bed of roses" /><ref name="Under the radar">{{cite news |first=Thor |last=Christensen |title=Under the radar |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10EE4AFA8B922C68&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=1 January 2006 |accessdate=30 January 2010 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608161212/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10EE4AFA8B922C68&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }} (Payment required.)</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Thor |last=Christensen |title=DSR signs contract with Universal Records |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=DSR%20signs%20contract%20with%20Universal%20Records%20AND%20date%28all%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22DSR%20signs%20contract%22%20with%20%22Universal%20Records%22%29&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |work=Dallas Morning News |date=1 November 2005 |accessdate=4 February 2010}} (Payment required.)</ref> In 2006, he released the album ''Tha Absolute Truth'' which featured Erykah Badu, Chamillionaire, and Paul Wall.<ref name="No bed of roses" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Crayton |last=Harrison |title=Dallas artist cashes in on big-label debut |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=Dallas%20artist%20cashes%20in%20on%20big-label%20debut%20AND%20date%28all%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22Dallas%20artist%20cashes%20in%20on%20big-label%20debut%22%29&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |work=Dallas Morning News |date=12 December 2006 |accessdate=4 February 2010}} (Payment required.)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-tuck-mn0000761671/biography|title=Big Tuck|work=AllMusic|access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> The album peaked at no.27 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at no.14 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart.<ref name=aaa>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2007-02-10/r-b-hip-hop-albums ''Tha Absolute Truth'' (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart)], ''Billboard'', February 10, 2007.</ref><ref name=aab>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2006-12-30/rap-albums ''Tha Absolute Truth'' (Top Rap Albums chart)], ''Billboard'', December 30, 2006.</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Album name !! Original Release Date |- | Tha Absolute Truth || December 12, 2006 |}
===Mixtapes===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Mixtape name !! Original Release Date |- | Purple Hulk || September 1, 2004 |- | DJ Smallz Presents Big Tuck: "Polar Bear" || August 25, 2005 |- | Straight Outta Texas Vol. 1 || March 14, 2006 |- | DJ Drop Presents: Hell on Em, Volume 1 || 2008 |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Featuring Guest(s) ! Album ! Year |- | Tussle | Tum Tum, Slim Thug | Purple Hulk | 2004 |- | Tussle (Remix) | Tum Tum, Slim Thug | Purple Hulk | 2004
|- |Southside Da Realist |''None'' |Purple Hulk | 2004 |- | Not A Stain On Me | Fat Bastard |DJ Drop Presents: Hell on Em, Volume 1 | 2008 |- | Not A Stain On Me (Remix) | Slim Thug, Gucci Mane |''None'' | 2008 |}
==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable" !align="center"|Chart !align="center"|Peak Position |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |align="center"|27<ref name=aaa/> |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Rap Albums |align="center"|14<ref name=aab/> |}
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