On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is joe’s bbq musician Joseph Lewis Thomas.

Since his departure from Jive, Joe has released most of his projects independently through ventures with Kedar Massenburg and Plaid Takeover Entertainment. Joe was born July 5, 1972, in Columbus, Georgia, and was the child of evangelist preachers. He moved to Opelika, Alabama during his formative years and graduated from Opelika High School 1990. After his graduation from Opelika High School, Joe continued to sing and write music while working at occasional temporary jobs. A songwriter and producer, Joe became a frequent collaborator on other artist’s projects in the mid-1990s.

In April 2000, Joe released his third album, My Name Is Joe. The following year, Better Days, Joe’s fourth album, was released. Hip-Hop Albums chart, reaching gold status in the US. Ain’t Nothin’ Like Me marked Joe’s final album with Jive Records following a fallout with label surrounding rumors of his dissatisfaction with the promotion of his material. Following his departure from Jive Records, Joe released his seventh album Joe Thomas, New Man independently on record label executive Kedar Massenburg’s Kedar Entertainment company in September 2008.

Only ten months later, Signature, his second album with Kedar, was released. In 2010, Joe collaborated with label mate Keith Sweat on the song “Test Drive”, written for Sweat’s album Ridin’ Solo. Also in 2010, he released his ninth studio The Good, the Bad, the Sexy. The singer worked with Brandon “B. In March 2014, Joe signed a distribution deal with BMG Rights Management.

His eleventh album, Bridges, marked his first album under Plaid Takeover Entertainment, a venture of regular co-executive producer Gerald Isaac, after severing business ties with Massenburg. Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years”. Fox Performing Arts Presents Joe and Chanté Moore”. American Idol’ winner Fantasia coming to Tuscaloosa Amphitheater”. Kelly Tried To Sabotage Joe’s Career? Joe ‘s new cd “New Man” coming 23 Sept 8″.

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Ashanti Set for Joint 2017 European Tour”. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A 15-year-old drifter named Gary asks Joe, the boss of a Texan tree-poisoning crew, for a job, and impresses him with his industriousness. The next day, Gary brings his alcoholic father, Wade, to work, but Wade’s poor attitude and laziness get them fired.

Joe witnesses Wade beat Gary and take his money. Gary later goes to Joe’s house to ask for his job. Joe agrees, and Gary begins working for him, hiding his money from Wade. Willie Russell, a criminal with whom Joe has a long-standing feud, shoots and wounds Joe as he leaves a friend’s house. Willie makes lewd comments about Gary’s younger sister, Dorothy, Gary beats him up. Later, Wade beats to death a homeless man, stealing his liquor. Willie confronts Joe at a bar and asks where Gary lives in order to seek revenge.

Joe does not answer and, when Willie presses him, beats him up. Wade asks Gary for money, but Gary denies having any. Wade finds food in the cupboard and questions how he can afford food. They get into an argument that ends with Wade pulling a knife.