Real name: James Lloyd

Effective period / Period of releases: 1999 - 2002

James Lloyd, better known as Lil' Cease (also Lil' Caesar), is an American rapper and member of Junior M.A.F.I.A. He was also the cousin of the late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and was with B.I.G. when he was murdered in 1997. Cease's first release was 1995's Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A. After making guest appearances on other artist's albums such as Lil' Kim's Hard Core, SWV's Release Some Tension and Mase's Harlem World, Lil' Cease released his first and thus far only album entitled The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo. It would peak at #26 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and featured the hit single "Play Around". In 2005, Lil' Cease, Banger and MC Klepto reunited the Junior M.A.F.I.A. and released the group's second album, Riot Musik. In January 2009 Lil' Cease released “Letter To B.I.G.” which sampled "Letter to B.I.G." by Jadakiss from the soundtrack to the film Notorious.