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• Hiding, concealment
• hide (musician) (1964–1998), Japanese musician from the band X Japan
• Hide (skin), the cured skin of an animal
• Hide (unit), a traditional unit of land area used in early medieval England
• "Hide" (Creed song), a song from the album Weathered by Creed
• "Hide" (Joy Williams song), from the album Genesis
• "Hide", a song by Dinosaur Jr. from 1993 album Where You Been
• "Hide", a song by Red
• Hide (album), a 2010 album by experimental band Foetus
• The Hide, a 2008 thriller film based on the stage play The Sociable Plover by Tim Whitnall
• Hide (film), a 2008 action film starring Rachel Miner, Christian Kane and Polly Shannon
• Bird hide, a structure for observing birds without causing disturbance
• Hide (TV Movie), a 2011 TNT movie based on novel by Lisa Gardner, starring Carla Gugino, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Kevin Alejandro

Hides[link]

• Jack Hides (1906–1938), Australian explorer

See also[link]

• Hyde (disambiguation)
• Rawhide (disambiguation)

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Kris Menace (born Christophe Hoeffel) is an electronic musician.

History[link]

Christophe Hoeffel began to work as a producer and writer in the mid 1990s for different projects and started using the pseudonym "Kris Menace" in 2005.

Menace's debut single (in collaboration with Lifelike), Discopolis, was released on Alan Braxe's Label Vulture Music in 2005 and was one of the most anticipated house tracks and an Ibiza anthem within the same year. Discopolis was later picked up by Defected Records and re-released with various remixes and a video directed by Seb Janiak.^[1]

Menace later formed the label "Compuphonic" and continued to release singles under its imprint, such as Voyage, "Fairlight (feat. Fred Falke)", Steamroller and Jupiter. The latter became one of the most downloaded tracks in 2006 on the Electronic Music Download Platform "Beatport".^[2] In 2006, Kris started DJing with Alan Braxe, who was part "Stardust" with Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk, and together they released the single Lumberjack^[3] in June 2007 on Vulture Music.^[4]

in 2008 he teamed up with the UK band Spooky to release the track "Stereophonic", which became UK's buzz charts nr.1 during the WMC and voted for being one of the hottest records of 2008 for DMC^[5] as well as with Felix da Housecat to produce the House Anthem "Artificial" or Rex The Dog to produce "POW!"^[6]

Kris Menace became one of the most in demand remixer, contributing remixes for Depeche Mode (Mute), Robbie Williams (EMI), LCD Soundsystem (DFA), Röyksopp (EMI), Kylie Minogue (EMI), Underworld (Pias), AIR (Virgin), Booka Shade (Get Physical), Felix da Housecat (Rude Photo/Wall of Sound), Benny Benassi & Kelis (Ultra), Monarchy (Mercury), Bag Raiders (Modular), New Young Pony Club (Modular), The Presets (Modular), Metronomy (Because), Moby (Mute), Róisín Murphy (Moloko/EMI), Tracey Thorn (Virgin), Princess Superstar, Martin Solveig, and many others.^[7]

Most of his Remixes like for LCD Soundsystem or Tracey Thorn went Number 1 across the European Dance Charts.^[8] His Metronomy "Heartbreaker" Remix became Number 1 most popular track on Hype Machine and therefore the most played track across all blogs in July 2008.^[9] His Kylie Minogue Remix was featured on Kylie Minogues Aphrodite Special Edition Album. His remix of LCD Soundsystem became part of their album "Sound of Silver" in different territories like Japan.^[10] His Remix for Monarchy´s - "The Phoenix Alive" was taken for the FIFA 2012 EA Sports Game Soundtrack ^[11]

As a DJ he played all across the world for clubs like Fabric London, Razzmatazz Barcelona, Amnesia, Pacha, Space and many other clubs all around Europe, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Australia...^[12] In July 2008 he was asked to do an Essential Mix on Radio1, which received an outstanding Feedback.^[13] In November 2010 Kris did a MiniMix on Annie Mac's Radio1 show and broke the record of amount of used singles with 240 Tracks played within 5 minutes. ^[14]

In December 2008, Kris started to promote his track "Scaler" without mentioning his artist name and which became one of the most anticipated techno tracks beginning 2009. Scaler is named to be the first track in electronic music history which created a psychoacoustics-never-ending-build-up soundeffect.^[15]

Kris Menace released his Debut Album "Idiosyncrasies" in May 2009 on 3 CDs, followed by the Singles "Metropolis" & "Idiosyncrasy".^[16] The album received an outstanding rating by international press and was re-released as an "Special Edition" in November 2010.^[17]

From May 2009 since August 2010, Kris Menace had a weekly radio residency at Radio FG in Paris.^[18]

In January 2010, Kris's Track "Lightning" was mashed up with The-Dream's "Walkin' on the Moon" by Vancouver, B.C. DJ/producer U-Tern^[19] and went worldwide Nr.1 most popular track on twitter within only one day.^[20] Later UK Pop Singer "Emil" resung the Samples from "The Dream" and the song became a released as "Walking on the Moon" followed by a Video around Europe.^[21]

In September 2010, Kris Released his "Masquerade EP" on Steve Angello's SIZE Label, which will be followed up by his "Phoenix & Triangle" Release in January 2011. In 2011, Kris released the Single "POW!" with Rex the Dog as well as "Alpha Omega" with legendary Acid House founder DJ Pierre.

Kris is also part of different Projects and released under a number of aliases, including Menace, Stars on 33, Love on Laserdisc, Jaunt and Black Van (DFA)^[22] and owns different record labels like Compuphonic or "Work It Baby" where he nurtured artists such as Lifelike, Fred Falke and others.^[23]

The first release of his Project "Black Van" together with koweSix from Moonbootica was released on LCD Soundsystem's DFA Label and became nominated for the Nu-Disco Track of the Year 2009, based on sales.^[24] "Black Van"´s follow up Single "Moments of Excellence / The Calling" was released November 2010 on the Label "Permanent Vacation". Black Van also Remixed for the likes of Aeroplane (Eskimo), Robbie Williams (EMI), The Glass and others.^[25]

Kris is also the co-producer of some Aeroplane Remixes like for Rapture, George Michael. ^[26] Kris's "Menace" Project released the first EP "Hz & Tones" on Fake Blood's Label "Blood Music".^[27]

In 2012 Kris´s released his new Album "Electric Horizon" which features live visualls by london based "Hexstatic" VJs. ^[28]

Both Performed an Live Show at Razzmatazz Barcelona in March 2012. ^[29]

In March 2012 Kris teamed up with Future Music / Music Radar.com for a Special Guide to Musikmesse Frankfurt ^[30]

Discography[link]

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Albums[link]

• Electric Horizon (CD & Digital) (April 2012)
• Idiosyncrasies (Special Edition) (Digital) (April 2010)
• Idiosyncrasies (3CD Box) (April 2009)
• Selected (Digital) (April 2009)

Singles[link]

• Kris Menace - We Are feat. The Kiki Twins (2012)
• Kris Menace - eFeel (2012)
• Kris Menace - Falling Star (2012)
• Rex the Dog & Kris Menace - POW! (2011)
• Kris Menace - Triangle (2011)
• Kris Menace - Phoenix (2011)
• Kris Menace Joe and Will Ask?- Dewdrops (2009)
• Kris Menace - Idiosyncrasy (2009)
• Kris Menace - Metropolis (2009)
• Kris Menace – Scaler (2009)
• Kris Menace & Felix da Housecat - Artificial (2008)
• Kris Menace & Spooky – Stereophonic (2008)
• Kris Menace – Steamroller (2008)
• Alan Braxe & Kris Menace – Lumberjack (2007)
• Kris Menace feat. Fred Falke – Fairlight (Compuphonic / 2007)
• Kris Menace – Jupiter (Compuphonic / 2006)
• Lifelike & Kris Menace – Discopolis *Remixes (Defected / 2006)
• Kris Menace – Voyage (Compuphonic / 2005)
• Lifelike & Kris Menace – Discopolis (Vulture / 2005)

Remixes & Productions[link]

• Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans (Polydor/Stranger / 2012)
• Pnau - Unite Us (Ministry of Sound / 2011)
• Erasure - When I Start to (Break it All Down) (Mute / 2011)
• Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way (EMI/Parlophone / 2010)
• Monarchy - The Phoenix Alive (This Is Music / 2010)
• Depeche Mode - Fragile Tension (EMI/Mute / 2009)

  Benny Benassi feat Kelis - Spaceship (Kris Menace Remix) Ultra rec 

• Robbie Williams – She's Madonna (EMI / 2006)
• Röyksopp - The Girl and the Robot (Astralwerks, Wall of Sound 2009)
• LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (DFA, Virgin / 2006)
• Air – Mer du Japon (Virgin Fr / 2007)
• Moby – Ohh Yeahh (Mute / 2008)
• Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Modular / 2009)
• The Presets – My People (Modular / Universal 2008)
• Scott Hardkissl - You're the Star (God Within / 2009)
• Love on Laserdisc - Mainframe / The night of the worm (Compuphonic / 2009)
• Moonbootica - Men of the Future (Moonbootique / 2010)
• Moonbeam - Eyes of the Ocean (Soundz / 2009)
• Metal On Metal - Damn! (Skint / 2009)
• Filthy Dukes - Messages (Polydor / 2009)
• The Presets – My People (Modular / Universal 2008)
• Felix da Housecat – Something for Porno (Pias, Wall of Sound 2007)
• King Creosote – No clue (679/Warner 2007)
• Yuksek – Together (Universal Fr/ 2008)
• Underworld – Ring Road (Pias / 2008)
• Metronomy – Heartbreaker (Because / 2008)
• The Infadels – I can't get now (Wall of Sound / 2008)
• Tracey Thorn – Its all true (Virgin / 2006)
• Róisín Murphy – Overpowered (EMI / 2007)
• Midnight Juggernauts – Out Of The Storm (Institubes / 2007)
• Cagedbaby – Starr (Southern Fried / 2007)
• Bodyrox – Yeah Yeah (Eye Industries / 2006)
• Stars on 33 – I feel music in your heart (Vulture, Work it Baby / 1998, 2006)
• EVA - Builder (Work it Baby / 2007)
• Princess Superstar & Larry Tee – Licky (Holon 2006)
• Evermore – It's Too Late (Warner, Superstar / 2006)
• Martin Solveig – Something better (Mixture, Defected / 2007)
• Belle – What the hell (Universal / 2006)
• O.T. Quartet – Hold that sucker down (Champion / 2006) with Lifelike
• Patrick Alavi – Power (Azuli / 2005)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Kris Menace on Myspace
• Kris Menace on Soundcloud
• (French) Interview Kris Menace - Actualites Electroniques
• (English) Interview Kris Menace - Actualites Electroniques

Miss Kittin
Miss Kittin in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Caroline Hervé
Born	1973 (age 38–39) Grenoble, Isère, France
Genres	Electroclash, electropop, neo-electro, techno, tech house
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, DJ
Instruments	Vocals, synthesizer
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Astralwerks, EMI, International DeeJay Gigolo, Mute Records, Nobody's Bizzness, Novamute
Associated acts	Felix da Housecat, Golden Boy, The Hacker
Website	www.misskittin.com

Caroline Hervé (born 1973), better known by her stage name Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy. She released her debut solo album I Com in 2004 and second solo album BatBox in 2008. She achieved international popularity with the singles "Rippin Kittin" and "Silver Screen Shower Scene".

Life and career[link]

1973–1994: Early life[link]

Miss Kittin was born Caroline Hervé in 1973 in Grenoble, a town in the Alps, in southeastern France. Music such as Genesis, Supertramp, Miles Davis, Maria Callas, Pink Floyd and The Beatles became prominent parts of her and her parents' lives. At the age of 6, Hervé often played piano for fun at her grandparents', and reproduced melodies from the radio. Miss Kittin tried taking piano lessons but gave up after 2 years. In addition, she started practicing ballet when she was 5 years old and continued until she was 22.^[1]

After earning her high school degree in 1990, Miss Kittin studied art, first in Marseille in 1991, then in the Beaux-Arts of Grenoble to specialize in contemporary art in 1993–94. She finished her graphic design program in Amiens in 1995 before starting her full time DJ job.^[1]

1995–97: Career beginnings[link]

As time progressed, however, Kittin found herself emulating her parents' musical tastes by developing an interest in musical genres ranging from classic, jazz, funk, and disco to English pop. Finding her niche in electronic music in 1991, Kittin raved all around the country before doing her first mix in April 1993. Her first set came one year later in 1994, at which time she started her career with Tekmics Booking Agency. When she was 22, she began DJing, spinning records in France, Moscow and Chicago with Mike Dearborn. A major break came for the producer/DJ when she received bookings for the Dragon Ball events in Southern France. In 1996, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland, and joined the Mental Groove Records posse. A trio of early productions on various-artists compilations were scattered throughout 1996 and 1997.^[2]

[edit] 1998–2003: The Hacker, First Album and Or

The first records she bought for DJing were Richie Hawtin's Fuse and Robert Hood's The Protein Valve. It took her three months to earn enough money at her job as a supermarket cashier to buy a secondhand pair of Technics decks, both of which she still uses. By 1998, she met DJ Hell in Marseille who wanted her to record for his International DJ Gigolo label. She presented him with the EP Champagne that she recorded with The Hacker. Champagne included a cover of the song "Dirty Talk" by Klein + M.B.O. In 1999, the duo released the EP Intimités, which included a cover of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".^[3]

Miss Kittin & The Hacker released First Album in 2001. First Album received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 68/100.^[4] The album was listed on several Best Albums of the Decade lists.^[5][6] Despite not charting, the album sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.^[7] Several songs on the album such as "1982" and "Frank Sinatra", became anthems of the electroclash scene and underground hits in Europe.^[2][7] Slant Magazine placed "Frank Sinatra" at number eighty-six on its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list.^[8] Other songs on the album include "Stock Exchange" and "The Beach".

While touring with The Hacker in support of their debut album, Miss Kittin met Felix da Housecat at a Swiss festival. The next day, Kittin and Felix composed "Silver Screen Shower Scene" and "Madame Hollywood" in a small friend's studio in Geneva. She also cowrote and was featured on the songs "Voicemail" and "What Does It Feel Like?" from Felix da Housecat's album Kittenz and Thee Glitz.^[1] Kittenz and Thee Glitz received positive reviews from contemporary critics, garnering an average score of 78/100 on the music review aggregation of Metacritic.^[9] "Silver Screen Shower Scene" became one first electroclash songs to reach the UK Top 40, peaking at number thirty-nine.^[10] "Madame Hollywood" peaked at number nineteen on the Canadian Singles Chart.^[11] In 2001, Sven Väth featured Miss Kittin on his single "Je t'aime... moi non plus", a cover of the Serge Gainsbourg song of the same name.^[12] After shooting the music video for "Je t'aime... moi non plus", Miss Kittin decided to move to Berlin and take a job as an A&R consultant at Mute Records Germany.^[1]

In 2002, she released the techno music compilations On the Road and Radio Caroline Vol.1. Both albums received positive reviews for showcasing her talents "as a DJ rather than an electroclash diva",^[13] who "finally tears down the facade, proving that she is much more than the champagne-toasting chanteuse that her sensual accent and fashionista lyrics have always suggested."^[14]

Golden Boy first met Miss Kittin after she remixed one of his songs. In 2002, the duo released the album Or. The album was released through Emperor Norton Records in North America, which had previously released Miss Kittin and The Hacker's First Album. The first single "Rippin Kittin", released in 2002, references the Misfits' song "Mommy, Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?" from the band's album Walk Among Us.^[15] After being endorsed by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys,^[16] the single became a club success in Europe and became Miss Kittin's first #1 single on the UK Dance Chart. Pitchfork Media placed "Rippin Kittin" at number four-hundred thirty-five on its Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s list.^[17] In addition, Stylus Decade placed the song at number seventy-five on its Top 100 Singles of the 2000s list.^[18]

She collaborated with Chicks on Speed and sang on the songs "Shick Shaving" and "Wordy Rappinghood" from their album 99 Cents in 2003.^[19] "Wordy Rappinghood" also featured guest vocals by other female musicians such as Kevin Blechdom, Le Tigre, Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus, and Tina Weymouth of the Tom Tom Club. The song became a moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number five on the Belgian Dance Chart,^[20] and at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart.^[21]

[edit] 2004–07: Solo career and I Com

On 24 May 2004, Miss Kittin released her debut solo album I Com through NovaMute in the United Kingdom,^[22] and through Astralwerks in the United States.^[23] She collaborated with The Hacker, Toby Neumann and Thies Mynther for the album.^[24] Miss Kittin had met Tobi Neumann and Thies Mynther aka "Glove" after working with them on the Chicks on Speed song "Shick Shaving" and after recording lyrics for Steve Bug.^[1] The album received positive reviews from contemporary critics, earning an average score of 73/100 on the music review aggregation of Metacritic.^[23] I Com yielded three singles: "Professional Distortion", "Requiem for a Hit" and "Happy Violentine". The song "Professional Distortion" became Miss Kittin's first solo single to chart on the French Singles Chart.^[25] Several of the remixes of the three singles were later complied and released on Miss Kittin's EP Mixing Me.^[26]

Miss Kittin at the Sónar Festival.

In 2004, Miss Kittin created her own label Nobody's Bizzness. The label would eventually release her albums BatBox and Two after her departure from NovaMute.^[27] She said of the label's purpose, "I created my own label 'Nobody's Bizzness' to release my finished album and keep the maximum freedom with my music."^[1] Additionally, Kittin appeared on the song "Masterplan" from The Hacker's album Rêves Mécaniques in 2004.^[28]

She released Live at Sónar in 2006, recorded at the famous electronic music festival Sónar in Barcelona. For Sónar, Miss Kittin provided impromptu new vocals to her classic catalogue. During the festival, she was assisted by Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Boom Bip, and The Hacker.^[29] The album was jointy released by Labels and NovaMute.^[30]

Miss Kittin also released the double-disc CD A Bugged Out Mix in 2006 through Resist Music and System Recordings. Disc One Perfect Night combines underground classics (Mike Ink), electro (Cajmere) and minimal techno (Adam Beyer) while the second disc Perfect Day is a mix of Miss Kittin's favourite post-club tracks from artists such as Wagon Christ, Monolake and Biosphere.^[31]

In 2007, Miss Kittin & The Hacker reunited to release the single "Hometown / Dimanche" through Good Life Recordings.^[32] The music video for "Hometown" was directed by Régis Brochier of 7th floor Productions.^[33]

[edit] 2008–present: BatBox, Reunion with The Hacker and Two

After two years in the making and almost four years since her debut album I Com, Miss Kittin released her second album, BatBox on 4 February 2008, through her label Nobody's Bizzness. BatBox's thirteen original songs were composed whilst touring throughout the world. Miss Kittin described the tracks as a flirtation with Goth culture, as reflected in vocal lines such as "bat in a box / show me what you goth". Artist Rob Reger designed the cover and included his "Emily the Strange" cartoon in a 12-page foldout booklet for the album.^[34] Miss Kittin released the singles "Kittin Is High" and "Grace" to promote the album.

In 2008, Miss Kittin & The Hacker reunited as a duo, and toured throughout America and around the world, before they both started recording new songs, some of which were performed whilst touring. Two, their second album together, was released in March 2009. The album was released 8 years after their first and only full LP as a duo. Two received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 62/100.^[35] Their first single from the album "PPPO" was released in March 2009 followed by the single "1000 Dreams".^[36][37] Their third and final single from the album "Party in My Head" was released in June 2009.^[38] The Thieves Like Us remix of "Party in My Head" was released a free download pn XLR8R's website.^[39] Miss Kittin & The Hacker also included a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" on the album, for which they filmed a promotional music video directed by Régis Brochier of 7th floor Productions.^[40] "Suspicious Minds" was later featured on the downloadable for free mixtape Skull of Dreams by Little Boots.^[41][42]

Miss Kittin was featured on Primal Scream's cover of "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne" for a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl pressing. A total of 3,000 copies were pressed and released on 30 March 2009. The song is a part of a series of Suicide covers by other musicians such as The Horrors and Lydia Lunch released on the Blast First Petite label to celebrate Suicide frontman Alan Vega's 70th birthday.^[43] Miss Kittin remixed Felix da Housecat's song "We All Wanna Be Prince" in 2009, changing the word "Prince" into "princess".^[44] She also appeared on the single "Le Flaneur" from the album Elemental Assets by Estroe in 2009.^[45] In 2010, Miss Kittin was featured on the song "DNA" from the album Ever Since by Xenia Beliayeva.^[46]

On 10 January 2011, Miss Kittin released the single "All You Need" on Mobilee Records. On 28 March, Miss Kittin released a free download of her song "Silver Lake" through SoundCloud to promote Soul Aid, a program to raise money for Civic Force, an emergency relief organization currently operating in Kesennuma after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[47][48]

Influences[link]

Hervé has mentioned her admiration for Maurice Dantec, Serge Gainsbourg, Laurent Garnier, Kompakt, Thomas Brinkmann, Sven Väth, Chicks on Speed, Madonna, Prince, Adult., Dopplereffekt, Drexciya, Fischerspooner, Rush, Felix da Housecat, Dr. Dre, Bret Easton Ellis, James Ellroy, Frank Sinatra, Mute Records, Warp Records, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Andrew Weatherall, Richard D. James, Stanley Kubrick,^[49] Cabaret Voltaire, New Order, DAF, Visage, Ultravox, Fad Gadget, Front 242, Depeche Mode,^[50] Kiss, Indochine, and David Bowie.^[51]

Discography[link]

Albums

• Champagne (with The Hacker) (1998)
• Intimités (with The Hacker) (1999)
• First Album (with The Hacker) (2001)
• On the Road (2002)
• Or (with Golden Boy) (2002)
• Radio Caroline Vol.1 (2002)
• I Com (2004)
• Live at Sónar (2006)
• A Bugged Out Mix (2006)
• BatBox (2008)
• Two (with The Hacker) (2009)

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• List of electroclash bands and artists

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Miss Kittin at Allmusic
• Miss Kittin discography at Discogs
• Miss Kittin discography at MusicBrainz

Kevin Antoine Dodson (born June 14, 1986)^[1] is an Internet celebrity, singer, actor, and former resident of the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama, whose interview on local television news became an Internet sensation and resulted in an Auto-Tuned song by The Gregory Brothers that has sold thousands of copies on iTunes and appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 list.^[2] The interview that propelled Dodson into fame was prompted by the report of a house intrusion and attempted rape of his sister Kelly Dodson.

The interview[link]

Dodson was interviewed on July 28, 2010, by NBC affiliate WAFF-48 News after the attempted rape of his sister by an intruder in her bedroom, in the projects of Lincoln Park.^[3][4]

The video of the interview caught attention because of the passionate and flamboyant style of his delivery, speaking directly to the camera, in which he directly addressed the people of his neighborhood as well as the would-be rapist, and his use of street vernacular.^[3][5] The reactions were mixed. Some local viewers phoned the TV station to complain that interviews with people such as Dodson reflected poorly on the community,^[3][5] whereupon the station defended broadcasting the interview by stating that censoring such people is "far worse." Jonathan Capehart, editorial page writer for The Washington Post, wrote that Dodson became an instant Internet sensation because "in this age of fake reality TV, he puts the real in reality,"^[5] to which he later added that Dodson "is one of the strongest people we’ve seen in a while."^[6]

A man holds a sign at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear that contains an image of Dodson with the "Hide yo kids, hide yo wife" line from the viral video interview.

"Bed Intruder Song" and rise to fame[link]

The video of Dodson's television interview went viral and then inspired several musical remixes, including a video by musical group The Gregory Brothers, known as the "Bed Intruder Song." The song was a huge success and eventually reached number 89 on Billboard's Hot 100 list.^[2] The popularity of the song inspired many covers and remixes, including a punk rock version by a team formed by Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory, and Ethan Luck of Relient K.^[7]

Dodson was interviewed for the Today Show on NBC on August 26, 2010 about his new found "Web superstardom." On the program, Dodson's YouTube video was called "one of the most watched online videos ever," with the hosts noting it had already been viewed more than 16 million times as of that date.^[8] Dodson has done radio shows in Australia, has fans in London and is now widely recognized in his hometown of Huntsville.^[9]

Dodson had launched a website in which he asks for donations to assist his family in moving "out of the hood."^[10] The money, as well as money from sales of "Bed Intruder" on iTunes and merchandise such as T-shirts, will go to helping his family buy a new home and setting up a foundation for juvenile diabetes, a disease that has afflicted both his sister and his mother.^[11] In August 2010, Dodson noted the irony of having "a hit on iTunes, but we're still in the projects";^[12] one month later, Us Weekly reported that Dodson had made enough money from the song to move his family out of the projects to a better house.^[13] In September 2010, the Gregory Brothers reported that they had sold more than 250,000 copies of The Bed Intruder Song on iTunes.^[14]

In October 2010, Dodson gave a live performance of "Bed Intruder Song" with Michael Gregory of The Gregory Brothers at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards.^[15]

Excluding major label music videos, Dodson's song was the most viewed YouTube video of 2010.^[16][17] It was chosen as the "Meme of the Year" in the 2010 Urlies – both as the People's Choice and the Editors' Choice – while the original video of Dodson's television interview was the "Video of the Year" – People's Choice.^[18]

He was also featured in a segment on Lopez Tonight singing a "Chimney Intruder" song about Santa Claus,^[19] and on Tosh.0 for a "Web Redemption."^[20]

In Season 3 Episode 10 on The Cleveland Show a reference is made to Antoine Dodson in the form of Roberta, Cleveland's daughter. Roberta comes into the kitchen wearing Antoine's famous bandana and says "Rollo, you are so dumb, you are really dumb, for real".

Business ventures[link]

Dodson has capitalized on the success of "Bed Intruder Song." His first venture was a line of t-shirts and merchandise featuring the original album art from the iTunes release sold through zazzle.com. After a licensing dispute between the artist, the photographer, and his manager, he launched a storefront through districtlines.com with an unrelated line of merchandise. Since then he has authorized the creation and sale of a "Bed Intruder Costume" for Halloween 2010^[21] and endorsed a "Sex Offender Tracker" smartphone application for the iPhone and Android platforms.^[22] In late December 2010, Dodson was featured in a commercial advertising the new Tosh.0 season.

On January 21, 2011, MSN announced that Dodson was filming a pilot episode for a reality show, featuring Dodson and his family as they move from Huntsville to Los Angeles, California.^[23]

Personal life[link]

Dodson grew up in Chicago, and moved to Huntsville in 2004,^[24] where he attends Virginia College, working on an associate degree in business administration.^[24] He also works as a hairstylist.^[3] Antoine Dodson is the oldest of six children.^[3] In an online Q&A video with fans, he answered a question regarding his sexuality: "Am I bisexual? No. Gay? Yes."^[6] In an interview with CBS, Dodson told Shira Lazar that he had been a rape victim in the past.^[11]

On Saturday, April 23, 2011, Dodson was arrested for marijuana possession after he was pulled over for allegedly speeding. He was also arrested on five other misdemeanor charges but was released later that day.^[25][26][27]

On Sunday, September 25, 2011, Dodson was again arrested in Huntsville, Alabama at 6:20 pm for violating the city's loud noise ordinance. The police were going to let Dodson off with just a warning until they ran his name through the system and discovered he had an outstanding warrant against him for not reporting to court for the above mentioned marijuana violation. Dodson was arrested on the spot, but he was later released on a $516 bond.^[28]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• 2010: "Bed Intruder Song" (The Gregory Brothers, Antoine Dodson, and Kelly Dodson)
• 2011: "Gucci Bag" (Lady G featuring Antoine Dodson)^[29]
• 2012: "Lovesick Lullaby" (featuring Brent Morgan)^[30]

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Currently, Antoine is appearing in a new motion picture called The Chronicles of Rick Roll with co-stars Paul "Bear" Vasquez, Stephen and Jack Quire, Ben Schulz, Brian Collins, Gary Brolsma and Lisa Moum, which is scheduled to be released in 2012.

He appears in American Pie 4 (a picture in Oz's house).

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