DHA, Dha and dha may refer to:

Chemicals[link]

• Dehydroascorbic acid, an oxidized form of ascorbic acid
• Dihydroxyacetone, the active ingredient in sunless or self-tanning skincare products
• Docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid
• 9,10-Dihydroanthracene, a form of anthracene whose center-ring carbons have been reduced

Organizations[link]

• Defence Housing Australia of the Australian Defence Force, a provider of family housing for members
• Defence Housing Authority of the Pakistan army, provides commercial and residential housing developments:
  • Defence Housing Authority, Islamabad
  • Defence Housing Authority, Karachi
  • Defence Housing Authority, Lahore
• Department of Humanitarian Affairs, now known as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• DHA Cinema, a movie theatre in Lahore, Pakistan
• Drug Houses of Australia, a Singapore pharmaceuticals manufacturer

Other[link]

• Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis, which usually refers to gas chromatography or similar methods
• Dha (sword), a single-edged weapon found in Burma/Myanmar, Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia
• Directory Harvest Attack, a method used by spammers to obtain email addresses
• Disarmament as Humanitarian Action, a research project carried out at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• Doctor of Health Administration, a professional doctoral degree

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Cartel de Santa
Background information
Origin	Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Genres	Hip hop, Rap
Years active	1996–present
Website	Official MySpace page
Members
Mono , Big Man MC Babo MC Dharius Rowan Rabia, Mery Dee, DJ Agustín,

Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo (lead vocals), MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia (beatmaker) and DJ Agustín (only in live shows).^[1] They have been referred to as one of the most notable Mexican hip-hop artists.^[2]

History[link]

Cartel de Santa started playing in 1996, when MC Babo and some friends began by singing improvised rap songs.

The group became famous in 2003, when the band released its first self-titled album. The album includes hits such as "Perros", "Todas mueren por mi" and "La pelotona".^[3] The album was produced by Jason Roberts^[4] who had previously worked with artists such as Cypress Hill, Ice Cube, House of Pain, Guns N' Roses, Control Machete, and Plastilina Mosh. This contributed to the fame of the band.

That same year, the group released a video clip of the song "Perros". This video was broadcast across Latin America on MTV.^[5]

A year later, in 2004, a new album was released, Cartel de Santa, Vol. 2, which included hits as "Blah, blah, blah", "La llamada" and "El arte del engaño".^[3] Cartel de Santa Vol. 2 counted with the collaboration of other artists, such as Tego Calderón, in "Conexión Puerto Rico", and Mr. Pomel, in "Crónica Babilonia".

In 2007, Cartel de Santa recorded its third album, named Cartel de Santa, Volumen Prohibido. It included the singles "Cheka Wey" featuring female hip-hop artist Mery Dee. A few months after the album release, the lead vocalist, Babo, was arrested for the killing of a fellow band member. During a confrontation with Juan Miguel Chávez, an old rival, on the street, Babo shot a warning shot, which instead hit former band member Ulises. Eduardo Dávalos, Babo, turned himself in to the Ministerial Police of Nuevo Leon state.^[6] He later wrote a song about the incident while in prison in which he expresses his regret over the killing of Ulises. The band released a compilation album, Cartel de Santa, Greatest Hits, aimed at rising funds to be used to set the vocalist free. MC Babo was liberated from prison nine months later, with help of Sony Music,^[1] after the group paid about 130,000 pesos as bail.^[7]

In February 2008, the band released its fourth album, Cartel de Santa, Vol IV. Some of the songs recount Babo's memories during the months he was in prison. The album was meant as a message to fans that "el Cartel" would keep making music. The first single of this album was "Hay mamita" which also has a music videoclip.^[1]

In March 2010, Babo announced on the band's Myspace the release of another album. The fifth album was released in May 2010 with the name "Vol. V: Sincopa". Like their last work, Volume V showed a better sound and beats quality. Cartel de Santa was nominated for the Latin Grammys as a result of their new release.

Controversy[link]

In April 2007, El Babo turned himself in to Mexican police officials claiming that he accidentally shot and killed his fellow band member. While at a house in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, MC Babo learned that the group's driver was allegedly going to the home to settle a dispute, then he shot the driver, Juan Miguel Chavez Pimentel, El Micky, in the leg upon his arrival. El Babo claimed that one of the shots from his .38 revolver ricocheted off of the floor and killed his friend Ulises 'Buenrostro',^[8] the matter is still under police investigation.^[9]

On January 2008, el Babo was released from Jail after 9 months of incarceration, after the group paid a bail of about 130,000 pesos.^[7]

[edit] Discography^[10]

• 2003: Cartel de Santa (RCA Records)
• 2004: Cartel de Santa, Vol. II (RCA Records)
• 2007: Cartel de Santa, Volumen ProIIIbido (Norte)
• 2007: Cartel de Santa, Greatest Hits
• 2008: Cartel de Santa, Vol. IV (Sony BMG)
• 2010: Cartel de Santa, Vol. V (Sony BMG)
• 2011: Cartel de Santa, Vol. V.1

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Cartel de Santa on Myspace
• Allmusic

Cryme Tyme was a Face professional wrestling tag team that was signed to WWE.

The team consisted of JTG (born Jayson Paul on December 10, 1984)^[3][4] and Shad (born Shad Chad Javier Romane Chittick Gaspard on January 13, 1981),^[5] an over-the-top parody of stereotypical street thugs.^[6]

Early lives[link]

Of Haitian and Curaçaon descent, Shad Gaspard was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[7][8] Shad is the son of Benjamin Gaspard, a former street enforcer for street gangs and personal security guard in the early 1970s, who now owns Mcfay Contracting Inc. Shad is the third of six siblings.^[7]

At five years of age Gaspard's father began training him in boxing and at age eight he began training in a mixture of different martial arts, developing into a successful amateur fighter and earning the nickname "Beast" from his mother. By sixteen, Gaspard began prize fighting for promoter “Hardbody Harrison”,^[7] a former World Championship Wrestling wrestler and FX Tough Man Champion, in bar fighting tournaments such as Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and tough man competitions.^[7] Even though Gaspard was only sixteen years old, he competed against adults who were older than he was by five to twenty years.^[7] Gaspard holds won-loss records as a No Holds Barred fighter (35–7) and an amateur boxer (57–26).^[7]

Gaspard was extensively involved in athletics during his high school years, specializing in wrestling, track, and basketball.^[7][9] After high school, he continued to play basketball at Georgia Perimeter College,^[7] and after leaving, he became a bodyguard for several rappers and actors, including Puff Daddy, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Mike Tyson.^[7]

History[link]

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006–2007)[link]

Gaspard qualified for the finals of the reality television program Tough Enough 2 in 2002, but was disqualified and replaced after failing a physical.^[9] He was recruited by WWE talent scout Tom Prichard and trained with Sgt Dwayne Bruce for six months^[10] before debuting in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) under the ring name Da Beast.^[11] He acted as part of the stable Bolin Services, acting as an enforcer.

JTG, meanwhile had debuted as Just Too Good in OVW and after two matches was repackaged as The Neighborhoodie and placed into a tag team with Gaspard, under his own name, that later used the name The Gang Stars. In OVW, they held the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, defeating Roadkill and Kasey James on May 24, 2006 in their first match as a team. After they won the championships, they entered into a feud with CM Punk who teamed up with Kane to defeat them and Simon Dean in a handicap match. Punk and Kane won a title match but by disqualification, so the championships did not change hands. They retained the belts in a gauntlet match but later in the month lost the belts to Punk and Seth Skyfire on July 28. The following day they lost a Number One Contendership to The Untouchables (Dice Domino and Deuce Shade).^[12] The following year the team returned to OVW, this time under the name Cryme Tyme, and regained the OVW Tag Team Championship on July 21 from The James Boys (KC James and Kassidy James). They lost the belts back to them the following day.^[13]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006–2007)[link]

In late 2006, WWE promoted The Gang Stars to the main Raw brand roster, starting by having them work live events and dark matches. On the September 4 episode of Raw, vignettes began airing to promote the debut of the team, now dubbed Cryme Tyme, showing them "training" for their pending debut on the show.^[14] Before the vignettes aired WWE placed a statement on their website, WWE.com, stating:^[6]

The vignettes, which aired weekly, featured Cryme Tyme robbing people while an (overly and stereotypically uncool sounding) announcer dubbed their actions "training exercises" designed to work on things like "speed", "agility", "drive", "endurance", and "intensity".^[15][16] Cryme Tyme wrestled as fan favorites at live events and in dark matches, finally making their television debut, defeating Johnny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad on the October 16 episode of Raw.^[17]

After arriving on Raw they were depicted covertly stealing things—such as Jerry Lawler's laptop,^[18] and a plasma screen TV^[19]—during interviews and while celebrating wins with the announce team.

On November 5, the team made their pay-per-view debut at Cyber Sunday, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, The Highlanders (Rory and Robbie McAllister), and Charlie Haas and Viscera in a four team tornado tag team match.^[20] Later that same month they were featured in a Raw segment that parodied Michael Richards's "Laugh Factory incident".^[21] In the skit, a wrestler (Nick Berk)—acting as a stand in for Richards—recreated the scene of the incident by using racial slurs and insults until Cryme Tyme confronted him on stage. Nervous, he offered an apology, but Gaspard kicked him in the head and JTG made a Seinfeld-esque joke, saying "What's the deal with the Bloods and the Crips? Can't they all just get along?". This event was the beginning of a series of vignettes and skits featuring Cryme Tyme interacting with different, unexpected audiences.^[22][23]

Around the same time they began a feud with The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas), during which Benjamin began to express disgust with Cryme Tyme's antics, calling them offensive and harmful to the black community.^[22] During the storyline Haas started "acting black", but after the World's Greatest Tag Team handed Cryme Tyme their first loss on the January 29, 2007 episode of Raw,^[24] the program was dropped, with Cryme Tyme appearing mainly on Raw's sister show Heat, only appearing on Raw in backstage segments.

On July 21, 2007, Cryme Tyme appeared at an Ohio Valley Wrestling event and wrestled the OVW Southern Tag Team Champion James Boys (K.C. and Kassidy James), taking the title.^[25] At the next weeks television tapings the James Boys were again announced as Champions, with no explanation of how they won the title back being offered.^{[citation needed]}

The duo returned to Raw in July and started a gimmick where they would take items and auction them off to the crowd.^[26] This led to a feud with the World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch,^[27][28] but both JTG and Shad were released from their WWE contracts for undisclosed reasons on September 2, 2007 before the feud was resolved.^[3]

Independent circuit (2007–2008)[link]

After leaving WWE they continued teaming together on the professional wrestling independent circuit, using the alternate spelling "Crime Time". They appeared at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's 10th Anniversary Show, defeating the Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz.^[29] They left the promotion undefeated after defeating Style & Finesse (Mike Donovan and Rob Vegas) in January 2008's Reclaiming Hudson.^[30]

The duo also made several solo appearances on the solo circuit. Gaspard lost to Psicosis at a Pro Wrestling Alliance event in September while his partner, appearing under the altered name Jay-TG made several appearances on the Derby City Wrestling television programme.

Return to WWE (2008–2010)[link]

Cryme Tyme in 2008 during Raw, looking at Mr. McMahon's million dollars

JTG and Shad returned to WWE under the "Cryme Tyme" name on the March 31 edition of Raw in 2008, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.^[31] Cryme Tyme began working with John Cena on the June 30 edition of Raw when they helped him interfere during John "Bradshaw" Layfield's match.^[32] The following week, they again appeared together in a segment when they vandalized JBL's limo.^[33] After a live event match, Cena confirmed that they had created a faction and announced that it was called CTC or "Cryme Tyme Cenation".^[34] Separately, Cryme Tyme started a feud with the World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, stealing their championship belts for a time,^[35] then losing a title match to them at Unforgiven.^[36] The CTC quietly separated after Cena's injury.

On April 15, 2009, Cryme Tyme were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.^[37] Eve Torres later became their valet, accompanying them to the ring and appearing in backstage segments with them. Later, Eve and Cryme Tyme got into a feud with The Hart Dynasty. They competed in six person mixed tag teaam, singles and tag team action. On the July 31 episode of SmackDown, they became the number one contenders to the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating The Hart Dynasty, but tag team champions Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) beat them at SummerSlam.

Cryme Tyme was supposed to compete for Team SmackDown at WWE Bragging Rights. However, due to health concerns regarding Gaspard, Cryme Tyme (along with most of the SmackDown team) was replaced by Matt Hardy, R-Truth, The Hart Dynasty and Finlay. On the March 5 episode of SmackDown!, they had a No.1 Contender's match to fight The Miz and The Big Show for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships against John Morrison and R-Truth and The Hart Dynasty, however they failed to win the match. The following week on SmackDown, Cryme Tyme were facing Hart Dynasty but were attacked by The Undertaker.^[38]

At WrestleMania XXVI, both members of Cryme Tyme competed in the dark match battle royal, where JTG would be eliminated by Shad. Just days later on SmackDown!, after a quick loss to R-Truth and John Morrison, Shad was enraged and attacked JTG for not coming to his rescue in the match turning Shad heel for the first time in his WWE brand career and second time in his wrestling career. (The first being his debut in OVW). Backstage after the match during an interview, Shad told Josh Mathews, "No more Time... no more Cryme Tyme...this is my time." The next week, Shad came to the ring and announced that he was done with Cryme Tyme and announced again that it was his time. Afterwards, an enraged JTG came out ready to fight Shad, but got kicked in the face by Shad for his troubles. The week after that Shad attacked JTG again, after his match with Caylen Croft, though JTG would get the upper hand on Shad. Five days later, they faced each other at Extreme Rules in a Strap match, which was won by JTG. The two had a standard rematch on the May 6 edition of WWE Superstars, which Shad won by pinfall, thus ending their feud. Shad was then sent to FCW developmental territory, while JTG stayed on Smackdown. Shad was later released from his WWE contract on November 19, 2010 along with five other wrestlers.

After disbandment[link]

A few months after he was released from WWE, Shad Gaspard signed with Japanese wrestling promotion IGF in February 2011.^[39] He is also focusing on his acting career, having shot his part in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which is set for release in June 2013.^[40] He also appeared on episodes of The Game. He is also set to star in other upcoming projects. Besides wrestling and acting, Gaspard also does modeling and works on a comic book. JTG is still signed on the Raw brand and still appears on Raw and WWE NXT. In 2012, it was rumored that he would star in the upcoming film The Marine 3, which would be produced by WWE and mark the beginning of an acting career. It is still unknown if this is true or not. Although they had conflict on screen during their disbandment and before Shad was released from WWE, they still remain friends off screen.

In wrestling[link]

• Double-team finishing moves
  • G9 (Samoan drop (Gaspard) / Running corkscrew neckbreaker or a diving corkscrew neckbreaker (JTG) combination)^[41]

• Double-team signature moves
  • Gaspard performs an inverted double leg slam on JTG, who is slammed onto the opponent in a splash-type fashion

• JTG's finishing moves
  • Shout Out^[42] (Spinning neckbreaker slam)

• JTG's signature moves
  • Box Cutter^[43] (Modified arm-trap backbreaker)
  • Diving leg lariat^[43][44]
  • Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope^[43]
  • Mug Shot^[42] (Fall forward diving facebuster)
  • Running flipping neckbreaker to a seated opponent^[45]
  • Running leapfrog transitioned into a leg drop bulldog^[46]
  • Running somersault shoulder block^[43]

• Shad's finishing moves
  • Thugnificent^[47] / Shad Taking Over (STO)^[46]

• Shad's signature moves
  • Gorilla press slam^[48]
  • Running big boot^[49]
  • Running delayed elbow drop, with theatrics^[45]
  • Scoop powerslam^[50]
  • Shoulder block^[51]
  • Sidewalk slam^[52]
  • Snake eyes^[52]

• Entrance music
  • "Bringin' Da Hood T U"^[53] by Jim Johnston (as Cryme Tyme) (WWE;October 16, 2006–April 2, 2010)

• Word Up
  • Cryme Tyme hosted a weekly WWE.com segment called Word Up,^[54] during which they define a different word in a parody of The Electric Company. On June 26, 2009, they started hosting "Word Up" on SmackDown as a backstage segment with Eve and Slam Master J, who would constantly annoy the three. Eve departed from the segment after being traded to Raw as part of a tri-branded diva trade. Slam Master J departed soon after and was eventually released. This segment was discontinued when Cryme Tyme split in early 2010.

• Managers
  • Eve Torres^[41][41]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[25]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shad Gaspard  or Jayson Paul

Professional wrestling portal

• JTG at WWE.com
• Cryme Tyme at Online World of Wrestling
• JTG at Online World of Wrestling
• Shad Gaspard at Online World of Wrestling
• Jayson Paul on AAMRecords.com
• Shad Gaspard at the Internet Movie Database
• Jayson Paul at the Internet Movie Database

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Colonial Cousins is a band formed by Indian duo composed of singer Hariharan and singer-composer Leslie Lewis. They also have a largely successful career as solo artists as well. Their unique brand of music fused Indian and Western musical genres instantly won the hearts of young and old alike.^[1] The album hit platinum in sales in India alone and consistently busted the Indian music charts in 1996. Award upon award was piled on the duo, notably the MTV Asia Viewers' Choice Award, 1996, and the US Billboard's Viewers' Award, 1996. On 19 November 1998, the Colonial Cousins released their second album, The Way We Do It. They also released their third album Aatma on January 1, 2001. They have scored two Tamil films, Modhi Vilayadu (2009) and Chikku Bukku (2010).

History[link]

Formation[link]

It was during Lewis's jingles career that the idea of Colonial Cousins was conceived. Lezz had called in Hariharan to sing a jingle for him one evening in 1992. The lyrics for the jingle were late coming in. The restless Lezz began crooning something while strumming on his guitar, Hari felt inspired to jam with an alaap, and the result: the seamless fusion of Eastern and Western sounds that has become the quintessential characteristic of the Colonial Cousins.

When Hariharan and Leslie Lewis formed Colonial Cousins, little did they realise that their foray into popular vocal fusion would make them the hottest act in town. Being a ghazal singer in the Indian music industry for over two decades, Hariharan is well versed in Carnatic and Hindustani music. Besides releasing several ghazal albums, Hariharan has also lent his voice to many Hindi and Tamil films, and ended up winning several awards including the National Award as Best Singer for his song "Mere Dushman Mere Bhai" from the film Border.

Debut album[link]

In October 1996, under Magnasound Label, the duo released their debut album self-titled Colonial Cousins. The album broke all records including hitting platinum sales in India. The duo also won the MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award and then later on bagged the US Billboard Viewer's Choice Award too.^[2] The song "Krishna" won the Star Videocon Award for Best Music Video.^[3] The exceptional Indian and Western music fusion generated a new genre of music and won hearts of millions of music lovers worldwide.

Their debut album opened up the doors for Indian sounds to be used in western sounding songs. The style is essentially fusion, with a lot of songs opening with recognisable Hindustani or Carnatic ragas and then segueing into a more pop style. A further cachet to the album is that the musicians who worked on it range from Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, winner of a Grammy Award for his invention of the 14-stringed guitar, to sessions musicians who have worked with the likes of Madonna, Boy George, Annie Lennox and other big names in the Western world. It was the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged.^[2]

The album had two major hit singles "Krishna" and "Sa Ni Dha Pa" ("Never Know the Reason") for both of which their music videos were repeatedly played on music channels.

[edit] The Way We Do It

The first Colonial Cousins album was a tour de force. On November 19, 1998, their second album, a sophomore effort, The Way We Do It, was a continuation of, and a departure from, that first effort. Lyrically low-key, musically rich and groove-ridden, this album saw Hari and Lezz establish themselves as India's premier fusion artists.

The album was a continuation in musical terms to the extent that Lezz and Hari had done what they do best individually, and fused it into a format that enriches and complements each other. That said, the album was also a departure sound-wise from their eponymous first album. While that has a softer sound to it, their second album was edgier and groovier.

The album has some successful singles like the title track "Way We Do It With You". Srinivas playing on it, "Dekhoon Main Jahan" penned by talented lyricist Javed Akhtar, "No Longer Mine" and "Lady".

[edit] Aatma

After two-and-a-half years in hibernation, Indipop fusion band Colonial Cousins, sprung into action with their third album Aatma. Released in April 2001, under the Sony label, the nine-track album was a delectable fusion of Indian vocals and contemporary instrumentation. Besides being busy in playback singing Hariharan had cut a ghazal album Kaash the previous year, while Lewis has been busy composing jingles and producing music.

Hariharan, an exponent of Carnatic music trained in Hindustani gayaki under the tutelage of Padamshree Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, displays vocal skills in his rich baritone in songs like “Guiding Star”, “Mata Pita” and "Dheem Dheem Dhirena".

Lewis, on the other hand, chips in with the pop element. While the English lyrics Lewis sings have depth and meaning, his vocals are delightfully sweet at places. One can easily detect a conscious attempt on his part to infuse his singing with emotion. Still, the saving grace of “Aatma” is the emphatic presence of Hariharan.

There is also a song "I Love You Girl" which Hariharan has dedicated to his daughter Divya. Its title "I love you girl", for Divya when "I’m Gone" says everything.

In Aatma, they have got back to square one and incorporated the same sounds and style that music buffs have come to identify with them.

[edit] Modhi Vilayadu

In 2009, the Colonial Cousins made a debut as music composers for Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu directed by Saran. The director of the film required a new trend of music and so roped in the Indipop duo thus opening doors for them to the Tamil Film Industry.^[4]

[edit] Chikku Bukku

Colonial Cousins scored their second soundtrack for the film Chikku Bukku (2010). Its audio was released on 13 August.^[5]

Discography[link]

• Colonial Cousins (1996)
• The Way We Do It (1998)
• Aatma (2001)
• Modhi Vilayadu (2009)
• Chikku Bukku (2010)

Awards and achievements[link]

• 1997: MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award for Colonial Cousins
• US Billboard Viewer's Choice Award

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Blog site
• Colonial Cousins catch the aatma of Indipop fusion [1]
• The Post “Colonial” Hariharan [2]

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Marco Cardenas better known by his stage name MC Magic is a Mexican rapper, songwriter and record producer, known for rapping and singing, both in English and Spanish.^[1]

Background[link]

MC Magic, was born Marco Cardenas in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico but was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to Phoenix with his family when he was only 5 years old later moved to Dallas, TX after his career was over to work as a sales associate at Sears located inside North Park Mall.

Music Career[link]

In 1990, he established Nastyboy Records to showcase his productions and talent. Soon there after releasing his first hit single "Lost in Love." The single did very well considering local radio stations only gave it a few spins in the evenings. In 1995, he released his first full-length album, Don't Worry, which enabled him to recruit other artists to form the Nastyboy Klick. With MC Magic's production touch, the Nastyboy Klick spawned a number of regional hits, particularly "Down for Yours" featuring Roger Troutman, which peaked at number ten for Top Rap singles in the country. After appearing on the front page of Phoenix newspaper The Arizona Republic in 1997, MC Magic started to receive calls to tour nationally, placing him far ahead of many other Phoenix-based artists in terms of popularity. By the beginning of the new millennium, his group had been trimmed down to just three members and renamed themselves the NB Ridaz. Having been the motor behind Nastyboy's undertakings, MC Magic was primed to release his second solo album in 2006. The May release, Magic City, peaked at number one on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and at number 60 for top R&B/Hip-Hop albums.^[1] Magic City's success opened up many new opportunities for him but mostly it established MC MAGIC as a solo act. MC Magic's new found success as a solo artist motivated him to continue his successful run, with his follow-up album "Magic City, Part II" which was released on June 10th 2008. "Magic City Part II" featured some of the hottest artists in the game with guest appearances from Baby Bash, Too Short, Chingo Bling, Big Gemini, DJ Kane from the Kumbia Kings. "Magic City, Part II" peeked at number 6 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and contained hit songs such as "Princesa", "Girl I Love You and "The Only 1".^[1] As MC Magic's career started to take off rapidly, he started to tour continuously all over the states, the shows ranged from small venues to huge arenas. In 2010, MC Magic decided to continue to expand his solo music catalog and started to record songs for his new album "THE REWIRE". Eventually he released the album's first single "Mrs.Delicious", the record was uptempo, completely different than his usual r&b style but it seemed to work. Even though "The Rewire" was completed by late December, it was set to be released on Valentines Day of 2011. MC Magic promoted his upcoming album repeatedly in his hometown of Phoenix, AZ with huge billboards and bus benches throughout the city. Later he expanded his promotion on to one of his largest markets, California, also placing bus benches throughout the city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. The release for MC Magic's highly anticipated album "The Rewire" was pushed to an earlier date and was released on February 8th, 2011. All the heavy promotion for the album proved successful as his release party for THE REWIRE in his hometown at a local mall brought in an enormous crowd, so much so that the autograph line led all the way out of the store into the mall. This album contained several hits for MC Magic such the single "Diggin", which is an up-tempo rap record featuring Twista & and upcoming female rapper Snow tha Product, the single completely different from his smooth R&B style and it seemed to catch the radio's attention. The hit single took off quickly, several radio stations started to pick it up and had it in heavy rotation. As MC Magic released "DIGGIN", he also introduced his first all Spanish Rap Banda record called "Todos Mis Diaz" hoping to compete in the Spanish market.

Discography[link]

Discography[link]

studio albums

other albums

• 1998: Desert Funk: Soundtrack
• 2008: Princess/Princesa

with Nastyboy Klick

• 1997: The First Chapter
• 1998: Tha Second Coming

with NB Ridaz

• 2001: Invasion (Nastyboy)
• 2001: Invasion (Upstairs)
• 2004: NB Ridaz.com
• 2008: Greatest Hits

Singles[link]

• 1995: "Lost in Love"
• 1998" "I Know You Want Me" (featuring CeCe Peniston)
• 2006: "All My Life" (featuring Nichole)
• 2006: "Sexy Lady" (featuring DJ Kane)
• 2006: "Lies" (featuring Krystal Melody)
• 2008: "Princess"
• 2008: "Princesa"
• 2008: "Dancer" (featuring Too $hort, C-Note and AZ Prince)
• 2008: "Dancer (Remix)" (featuring Too $hort, Kid Brown and AZ Prince)
• 2009: "Girl I Love You" (featuring Zig Zag)
• 2010: "Mrs. Delicious"
• 2011: "Reasons" (featuring Mrs. Krazie & D. Salas)
• 2011: "Diggin" (featuring Twista & Snow Tha Product)

Sophia Maria also sang "Sin Ti" with MC Magic

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official MySpace
• Nasty Boy Records Official Website
• MC Magic Official Fansite