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Bryan Williams, better known by his stage name Birdman (formerly B-32/Baby) is an American rapper, record producer and co-owner of the major label Cash Money Records.

Born 15^th February 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Williams took an interest in hip hop and rap music from a young age. He set up the label Cash Money Records with his brother in 1991 and released his only independent album I Need a Bag of Dope in 1993 – under the moniker B-32 (Baby with the 32 Golds). Then, in 1997, he teamed up with the rapper Mannie Fresh to form the rap duo Big Tymers.

The duo’s debut 1998 release How Ya Luv That? and the follow up How You Luv That Vol. 2 both reached the Top 30 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. These were followed by the 2000 album I Got That Work, which reached number three in the Billboard 200 and produced the hit singles Number One Stunna (ft. Lac, Juvenile and Lil Wayne) and Get Your Roll On, while 2002’s Hood Rich shot straight to number one – selling over a million copies – and produced the number eleven smash hit Still Fly (which was nominated for a Grammy Award) and the follow-up single Oh Yeah (ft. Tateeze, Boo and Gotti). The duo released one more album – Big Money Heavyweight – before disbanding in the early 00s.

Since then, Williams has released four solo studio albums – 2002’s Birdman, 2005’s Fast Money, 2007’s 5* Stunna and 2009’s Pricele$$ – which have all charted inside the Billboard 200 Top 40, sold millions of records between them and produced hits like Do That (ft. P. Diddy, Mannie Fresh and Tateeze), Pop Bottles (ft. Lil Wayne), Always Strapped (ft. Lil Wayne) and Money to Blow (ft. Drake and Lil Wayne). He also collaborated with Lil Wayne on the 2006 album Like Father, Like Son, which reached number three in the US charts and produced the Hot Rap Singles Top 20 hits Stuntin’ Like My Daddy and Leather So Soft.

Birdman’s fifth solo studio album Bigger Than Life is due for release in September 2010.