Ca$h Out

John-Michael Hakim Gibson, (born August 15, 1990), better known by his stage name Cash Out (stylised as Ca$h Out) is an American rapper originally from Columbus, Georgia, and later raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Ca$h Out is the son of Micheal Muhammad a.k.a. Michael Soul, program director and radio personality at WFXE Foxie 105 (104.9) in Columbus, Georgia, and Morenika Vinnie, his current manager. He spent his early life in Columbus, and left for Atlanta with his mother, prior to his teens. In 2009, he was acquitted from a gun charge in Clayton County, Georgia: he felt he had been given a second chance in life, so he turned his attentions towards advancing his career as a rapper. He initially signed to the independent record label Bases Loaded and released the single "Cashin' Out", which later appeared on his debut mixtape, titled It's My Time. After Epic Records label head L.A. Reid heard "Cashin' Out", he requested a meeting with Gibson to ask him to sign to the label: Gibson performed a song titled "Smilin' In My Face" during the interview, which convinced Reid to sign him to Epic.