Antoine McColister, better known by his stage name Ace Hood is an American rapper. He is signed to DJ Khaled's label We The Best Music & Def Jam.
Biography

Ace Hood was born on May 11, 1988 in Deerfield Beach, Florida and raised by his mother in Deerfield Beach, part of Broward County. Following a football injury in the 10th grade and after realizing he wouldn't be able to become professional, the Broward County native began to seriously consider rapping as a career. In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the offices of WEDR 99 Jamz, a South Florida radio station that mainly plays hip hop and contemporary R&B music. After Ace gave him an autobiography and demo tape, Khaled asked Ace to rap over the instrumental of "I'm So Hood" and later signed Hood to his label, We the Best. Ace was named with several others to the Freshmen of 09 by XXL magazine.

His first album, Gutta, was released in 2008. Singles included "Cash Flow" featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross and "Ride" featuring Trey Songz. Hood also released a mixtape, Ace Won't Fold, and made a guest performance among several rappers on DJ Khaled's single "Out Here Grindin'".

Ace Hood appeared on Wildstyle Radio with Rome and Hoss on WUAG 103.1FM in Greensboro, North Carolina September 7, 2008 to promote his album Gutta along with DJ Khaled.

On June 30th 2009 Ace Hood released his second album titled Ruthless once again on Def Jam. The albums first single was "Overtime" which was produced by The Runners and featured Akon and T-Pain. The albums second single is "Loco Wit The Cake". The albums guest lists includes Rick Ross, Ludacris, The-Dream, Jazmine Sullivan, Birdman and Lloyd.