Cody ChesnuTT
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His closest brush with mainstream success came in 2002, when the hip-hop group The Roots remade a song from his album, "The Seed", for their album, Phrenology. The remade version was entitled "The Seed (2.0)" to distinguish it from Chesnutt's original version. Chesnutt plays guitar and sings vocals on the track, and appears in its music video, which received heavy airplay on MTV and BET. At the height of his popularity, Chesnutt's backing band consisted of drummer Craig Waters, now with the band The Bellrays, and bassist Aaron Ebensperger. In October 2003, Cody Chesnutt was nominated for the prestigious Shortlist Award, and performed in the ceremony for the prize at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA.
In 2006, Chesnutt appeared in the music documentary "Dave Chappelle's Block Party", which was originally recorded in September of 2004.