Hailing from Jersey City and born in Brooklyn, Randy Nichols, better known by his stage name Ransom, is a rapper that started his career back in 2000 when he, along with some friends, bought a recording studio.

Ransom started working with rapper Hitchcock, forming the A-Team and releasing the mixtape Hardhood Classics in 2004, that featured rappers like Joe Budden, 50 Cent and Stack Bundles.
After a failed record deal with Def Jam, both Hitchcock and Ransom went their separate ways around 2006.

Two years after, Ransom drops his debut solo album Street Cinema, gaining some recognition.

His most frequent collaborations include features in Joe Budden’s 2014 album #SomeLoveSeries and in Nicki Minaj’s 2004 release of the album Sucka Free.

Through the years, Ransom released various solo projects like the 2014’s Pain & Glory, 2015’s Soul Killa, and 2017’s 1%.