Name	Ghetts (formerly Ghetto)
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Justin Reginald Clarke-Samuel
Alias	Ghetts
Dateofbirth	October 09, 1984
Origin	Plaistow, London, England
Genre	Grime
Occupation	rapper
Years active	2003 - Present
Label	J. Clarke Enterprise
Associated acts	The Movement, Scorcher, Wretch 32, Mercston, Devlin, Lightning

Justin Reginald Clarke Samuel (born 9 October 1984), better known by his stage name Ghetts (formerly Ghetto) is a grime artist from Plaistow, Newham, east London of African-Caribbean (Jamaican/Grenadian) Ghanaian descent. His music has been played on national radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, Kiss 100, BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio 1Xtra. He is associated and has toured internationally with such acts as Kano and was a member of NASTY Crew.

About Ghetto

Ghetto was a member of grime collective NASTY Crew, however he left, saying that things had gone "pear shaped" due to the number of people in the group. He later went on to create the grime collective The Movement. Ghetto is a very enthusiastic UK artist who has made a number of well-known songs within the UK Grime scene. He is also notorious in the UK music industry for his freestyling ability, being able to come up with lyrics off the top of his head during MC clashes with other artists. In 2008 he got nominated for a BET award for Best UK Act along with Chipmunk, Giggs and Skepta, in the end Giggs took home the award.

On 20 December 2010, Ghetts recorded with upcoming artist Aaron Scarborough, this set is said to be released and titled in January 2011.

2000 & Life

After being released from prison in 2003,at the age of eighteen years old, Ghetto put out his first release, 2000 & Life in 2005. The mixtape contains 24 tracks and numerous collaborations.

Ghetto Gospel

In 2007 Ghetto released his second, pre-album mixtape Ghetto Gospel. The mixtape was a departure from his previous release, 2000 & Life, being more mellow and featuring tracks about subjects such as girlfriends and his mother. In interviews, he has stated that the mixtape's calmer tone is to "prove people wrong", as he does not want to be typecast as an aggressive rapper.

The album is titled Ghetto Gospel to demonstrate that Ghetto has put his soul into creating it.

On 27 October 2007 Ghetto performed with Kano at the BBC Electric Proms, performing alongside a violinist.

Freedom of Speech

On 10 March, Ghetto released his third mixtape, Freedom of Speech. It is predominantly a solo mixtape, and features no other producers aside Lewi White and Smasher (The pair responsible for "Back in the Day"). It includes collaborations with Smasher, Sparkey, Griminal, Brutal, Chipmunk & Devlin. Ghetto stated that the mixtape is more akin to 2000 & Life than Ghetto Gospel.

Future projects

Ghetto's "Sing For Me (Electro Remix)"; produced by Rude Kid another well known producer in the grime scene has had attention from the mainstream market. This single has been signed by the "All Around The World" record label, (also known as AATW) who specialise in electronic dance music and is also home to acts such as N-Dubz and Cascada.

Debut album

Ghetto's debut album, Rebel With A Cause was due to be released in ''2009' but has been pushed back to a later date, the title of the album has now been changed to "Hurricane Ghetts"

Discography

Albums

Hurricane Ghetts (2011)

EPs

Merry Christmas EP (2010)

Mixtapes

2000 & Life (2005)

Ghetto Gospel (2007)

Freedom Of Speech (2008)

The Calm Before The Storm (2010)

Physical Singles

As lead artist

References

External links

Ghetts Artillery Video

Ghetto on Grimepedia

Ghetto - Dont Phone Me

Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:English rappers Category:Musicians from London Category:Grime artists Category:English people of Grenadian descent

Name	Tupac Amaru Shakur
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Lesane Parish Crooks
Alias	2Pac, Pac, Makaveli
Origin	Marin City, California, U.S.
Born	June 16, 1971East Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 13, 1996Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper, actor, record producer, poet, screenwriter, activist
Years active	1988–1996 (rapping)
Label	Interscope, Death Row, Amaru
Associated acts	Outlawz, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Digital Underground, Biggie, Richie Rich, K-Ci & JoJo, Dave Hollister, Johnny "J", Dr. Dre, Tha Dogg Pound, Boot Camp Clik, Nate Dogg
Url	www.tasf.org

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, Shakur, accompanied by one of his friends, Dana "Mouse" Smith, as his beatbox, won most of the many rap competitions that he participated in and was considered to be the best rapper in his school. where he attended Tamalpais High School.

Rapping career

Shakur's professional entertainment career began in the early 1990s, when he debuted his rapping skills in a vocal turn in Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Nothing but Trouble and also appeared with the group in the film of the same name. The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground EP This is an EP Release, the follow-up to their debut hit album Sex Packets. Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons of the P. Later, he released his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now.

2Pacalypse Now did not do as well on the charts as future albums, spawning no top ten hits. His second record, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., was released in 1993.

Thug Life

In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only record album on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor" produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur's album All Eyez on Me. The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. Shakur claimed his first album was aimed at the problems facing young black males, but it was criticized for its graphic language and images of violence by and against law enforcement. Quayle publicly denounced the album as having "no place in our society." At approximately 11:15 p.m., a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the sedan's right side, rolled down one of the windows, and rapidly fired a volley of gunshots at Shakur; bullets hit him in the chest, pelvis, and his right hand and thigh. One of the rounds apparently ricocheted into Shakur's right lung. Nonetheless, the shooters never arrived. At the hospital, Shakur was in and out of consciousness, was heavily sedated, breathed through a ventilator and respirator, was placed on life support machines, and was ultimately put under a barbiturate-induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of the bed. Gobi left the medical center after being informed that Shakur made a 13% recovery on the sixth night. While in the critical care unit on the afternoon of September 13, 1996, Shakur died of internal bleeding; doctors attempted to revive him but could not impede his hemorrhaging. His mother, Afeni, made the decision to tell the doctors to stop. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. (PDT) The official cause of death was noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. Shakur's body was cremated and some of his ashes were later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of Outlawz.

Shakur never professed following a particular religion, but his lyrics in singles such as 'Only God Can Judge Me' and poems such as The Rose That Grew from Concrete suggests he believed in God. This means many analysts currently describe him as a deist.

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Film

Acting career

In addition to rapping and hip hop music, Shakur acted in films. He made his first film appearance in the motion picture Nothing But Trouble, as part of a cameo by the Digital Underground. His first starring role was in the movie Juice. In this story, he played the character Bishop, a trigger happy teen, for which he was hailed by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers as "the film's most magnetic figure." He went on to star with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice (for which he was nominated outstanding actor in 1994, but did not win) and with Duane Martin in Above the Rim. After his death, three of Shakur's completed films, Bullet, Gridlock'd and Gang Related, were posthumously released.

He had also been slated to star in the Hughes brothers' film Menace II Society but was replaced by Larenz Tate after assaulting Allen Hughes as a result of a quarrel. Director John Singleton mentioned that he wrote the script for Baby Boy with Shakur in mind for the leading role. It was eventually filmed with Tyrese Gibson in his place and released in 2001, five years after Shakur's death. The movie features a mural of Shakur in the protagonist's bedroom as well as featuring the song "Hail Mary" in the movie's score.

Filmography

Documentaries

Shakur's life has been recognized in big and small documentaries each trying capture the many different events during his short lifetime, most notably the Academy Award–nominated , released in 2003.

1997: ''Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal

1997: ''Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV)

2001: ''Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake...

2001: ''Welcome to Deathrow

2002: ''

2002: ''Biggie & Tupac

2002: ''Tha Westside

2003: ''2Pac 4 Ever

2003: ''

2004: ''Tupac vs.

2004: ''Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV)

2006: ''So Many Years, So Many Tears

2007: ''

2009: ''Tupac: Assassination II: Reckoning

See also

List of best-selling music artists

List of number-one albums (United States)

List of number-one hits (United States)

References

Sources

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External links

2Pac Legacy (Official website)

Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts

Tupac Legacy Tour

Yaki Kadafi Official Website

Online catalog of Shakur's personal library from his apartment at the time of his death, online at LibraryThing

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Name	Pras
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Prakazrel Samuel Michel
Born	October 19, 1972
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop, Alternative hip hop, Soul, Neo-soul, R&B;, Reggae, Folk
Occupation	Rapper, Producer, Arranger, Songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Label	Columbia, Ruffhouse
Associated acts	Fugees, Refugee Camp All-Stars}}

Prakazrel Samuel Michel, known as Pras, (; born October 19, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning Haitian rapper, actor, film producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees.

Biography

Early life

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Pras cultivated an early interest in music. When he was 15, Pras met Lauryn Hill. In 1988, Pras introduced Lauryn to Wyclef Jean. Pras Michel, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill began to rehearse under the guidance of Kool and the Gang's producer, Ronald Khalis Bell, and subsequently they formed a musical group called The Rap Translators in 1989 (also known as Tranzlator Crew).

Music career

In 1994, before and during the time that The Fugees were recording their first album Blunted on Reality, under the supervision of Ronald Khalis Bell, Pras attended Rutgers College and Yale University, pursuing a double major in Philosophy and Psychology.

In 1996, The Fugees achieved historic crossover success with The Score, which went multi-platinum. Pras has also forged a successful solo career, beginning with an international hit single from his first full-length solo LP, "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)", featuring Mýa and Ol' Dirty Bastard. "Ghetto Superstar" became a top ten single in 1999, and the #8 most played single; it was received with critical acclaim and earned Pras a performance at the World Music Awards. The hit single was included in the soundtrack for the film Bulworth. "Ghetto Supastar" spent eight weeks in the UK Top 5, peaking at number 2 in July 1998, and reached US #15 a month later. "Blue Angels", from the same album, was acknowledged as a UK Top 10 hit, reaching #6 in November of the same year.

Pras also featured on the track "Turn you on" by Swedish artist DeDe which was released in fall 2007. "Turn you on" is also written and produced by Pras Michel. After nine weeks on Sweden's single chart the single went #2. Pras and DeDe has been touring/ promoting "Turn you on" around Sweden and Europe fall 2007 and July/August 2008. He also featured "Pushin'" from the album Equalize by acclaimed Brit-Asian electro-pop band Swami, which was released in fall 2007.

Pras has won numerous awards—including two Grammys, a Billboard Award, multiple Brit Awards, a World Music Award, a Top of The Pops Award and a Video Music Award.

Other work

After his cameo debut in the 1999 film, "Mystery Men," Pras gained an interest in Hollywood. In 2000, Pras starred in the New Line film, Turn It Up. In early 2002, he appeared in the Sony/Urban World release "Higher Ed," and "Go for Broke" in which he starred and produced. He is co-starring in three 20th Century Fox films, to be released in 2007–2008 (he is planned to receive producing credit on two of those films). Pras recently finished the film, The Mutant Chronicles.

In 2006, Pras created "Skid Row," a documentary account of his nine-day experience posing as a homeless person living in downtown Los Angeles. Using a hidden camera, Pras captured the devastating reality of homelessness. Skid Row was released in 24 August 2007. The film was produced by Teryn Fogel.

The experience of living on the street inspired Pras to launch prAsperity project in May 2007. prAsperity project is a non-profit organization that jump-starts awareness and solutions for intractable problems affecting the human condition. The organization takes on humanity "projects" as distinct crusades that need attention, working on behalf of established community groups to inject energy and progress towards issues ranging from homelessness to social injustice.

In 2008, Pras launched a new media marketing company called Platinum Brand, a global provider of Internet video solutions and services. He publishes and distributes a weekly video blog available on the site.

Private life

In January 2010 the New York Daily News quoted Pras as having said he "personally would try to assassinate [former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide]" should the twice democratically elected President return to his home country of Haiti.

Discography

Solo albums

1998: Ghetto Supastar

2005: Win Lose Or Draw

2008: Experience Magic

Solo singles

1998: "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mýa)

1998: "Blue Angels"

1998: "Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen featuring Wyclef Jean, Pras & Free)

1999: "What'cha Wanna Do" (featuring The Product & Free), Remix (featuring Kelis & Clipse)

1999: "Avenues" (featuring Refugee Camp Allstars)

2001: Miss California

2005: Haven't found

2007: Turn you on

Collaborations

2007: Pushin' (Swami featuring Pras and Ishmael)

2008: Le blues de toi (Melissa M feat. Pras)

2008: Si je t'emmene/My Man (Anggun feat. Pras)

2010: Watch Out (Jennifer Milan feat. Pras)

Acting and producing career

Mystery Men (1999) - Tony C (credited as Prakazrel Michel)

Turn It Up (2000)- Denzel/Diamond (credited as Pras Michel) (co-producer)

Higher Ed (2001)- Ed Green (credited as Pras Michel) (executive producer)

Go For Broke (2002)- Jackson/Jackie (credited as Pras Michel) (producer)

Nora's Hair Salon (2004)

Careful What You Wish For (2004) - Zen Salesman (credited as Pras Michel)

Feel The Noise (2007) - Electric

First Night (2006) - himself (producer)

Skid Row - skidrowthemovie.com (2007) - himself (producer)

The Mutant Chronicles (2007)- Captain Michaels (producer)

References

External links

Pras' MySpace page

Platinum Brand and Pras' video blog

Rolling Stone page

MTV artist page

iMusic Urban Showcase artist page

Skid Row (official movie site)

Pras Michel's interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS, August 20, 2007 - Pras discusses Skid Row the movie, homelessness & the possibility of a Fugees comeback

PrAsperity Project

Pras Michel's filmography at the Internet Movie Database

Category:1972 births Category:American rappers Category:Members of the Nation of Gods and Earths Category:Grammy Award winners Category:American people of Haitian descent Category:Living people Category:Yale University alumni Category:Haitian actors Category:Haitian rappers

Name	D-Dot
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Deric Michael Angelettie
Alias	Papa Dot, D-Dot, The Madd Rapper
Born	July 31, 1968
Origin	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop, R&B;, pop
Occupation	Producer, songwriter, CEO, record executive, rapper, television host, singer
Years active	1990–present
Label	Bad Boy, RCA, Arista, Columbia
Associated acts	Diddy
Url	http://www.myspace.com/d_dot1

Deric Michael Angelettie (born July 31, 1968), otherwise known as D-Dot, Papa Dot and The Madd Rapper, is a rapper, record producer, CEO and entrepreneur. He graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in 1986. He then attended Howard University from 1986-1989. He dropped out to pursue a music career. A three-time Grammy Nominee and NARAS Award winner, Angelettie made a significant mark as a hip-hop and R&B; record producer and label owner. Angelettie started in 1990 as a rapper in the group "Two Kings In a Cipher". From 1996-1998, he was the "Captain" of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment's producing team: The Hitmen. As a producer, Angelettie sold millions of records and produced hits for superstars like Notorious B.I.G., Diddy, Ma$e, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and many more. He produced hits such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" & Mase's "Feel So Good" as well as many other tracks for many multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning artists. He created the character The Madd Rapper and released an album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, in 2000, which featured the up and coming rapper 50 Cent on the song "How To Rob". The Tell 'Em Why U Madd LP also introduced a new, young producer by the name of "Kanye West" who Angelettie also managed and mentored. Angelettie hosted the television show "Hip-Hop Hold 'Em" and is the "Music Consultant" for the "Notorious" movie on Fox/Searchlight Pictures-2009. Angelettie advises and consults major corporations and entertainment companies through his consulting and imaging company, "Connect The Dots Consulting, LLC.". Angelettie is married to advice columnist Lisa Angelettie MSW of GirlShrink.com and is the father of four daughters. The daughters are Alexis, Autumn, Ali and Ava.

Biography

The early years

Born and raised an only child in Brooklyn, New York in 1968 to an African-American/Puerto Rican father (Eric Angelettie) and a Puerto-Rican/African American mixed mother (Noemi Angelettie), Angelettie began rapping at 8 years old, due to inspiration by the streets and up and coming rappers such as Run-DMC, Cold Crush Brothers, LL Cool J and others.

While attending Howard University in the late 1980s, Angelettie and his friend Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence formed the conscious rap duo Two Kings in a Cipher. In 1991, they released their debut album From Pyramids to Projects on Bahia/RCA. The demise of the label eventually led to the breakup of the group in 1993, although Angelettie and Lawrence would go on to produce many tracks, both solely and together for Bad Boy.

Bad Boy Entertainment

The turning point came when Howard schoolmate and future music mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs, who also in 1993, broke away from his post as V.P. of A&R; for Uptown Records (he actually was fired by Andre Harrell) to start his own imprint, Bad Boy Entertainment. Bad Boy Entertainment called on Angelettie to join his team and help build his new label. In a 3 year span, Angelettie went from intern, to Director of Merchandising, to booking shows for artists Craig Mack and Notorious B.I.G., to tour-managing R&B; diva Mary J. Blige on her "My Life" Tour, to becoming the head of Bad Boy's A&R; Department as Vice-President, and then finally in 1997 becoming the captain of The Infamous Hitmen—Bad Boy's hit-making production team.

In 1997, Angelettie went on to produce, A&R;, and executive produce #1 pop chart albums for The Notorious B.I.G. (Life After Death, 1997), Puff Daddy (No Way Out, 1997) Mase (Harlem World, 1997) Faith Evans (Keep the Faith, 1998) and The Lox (Money, Power & Respect, 1998).

In 1998, after departing his position as A&R;, Angelettie executive produced the multi-platinum debut album for artist Black Rob, Life Story, which spawned the major radio hit "Whoa!". As a producer, Angelettie's credits also include songs for artists: Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Kim, Nas and has managed other artists such as Kanye West.

In 2004, Angelettie executive produced Bad Boy's new group: Da Band and was featured on MTV's reality show Making The Band and in 2005 executive produced Black Rob's second LP, The Black Rob Report.

The Madd Rapper

The Madd Rapper made his debut on a skit on The Notorious B.I.G.'s second LP (Life after Death) in 1997. Angelettie's alter ego released his debut album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, on his own Crazy Cat Catalogue Label in 2000. Also on his Crazy Cat Catalogue label, Angelettie releases LP's from Noah in 2006, an Atlanta based rapper and Rearview, a pop band from Brooklyn featuring Erika Martin ( A tv personality and singer) as the vocalist and Justin Kerr (an up and coming southern New Jersey percussionist) as the group's drummer.

On November 19, 1998, Angelettie was charged with participating in the assault of Blaze Magazine editor Jesse Washington. Washington claimed that the assault was made because he published a photograph (taken with Angelettie's consent) that revealed The Madd Rapper's identity, which up until that time had been concealed from the general public but widely known in the music industry. The editor and Angelettie settled out of court.

Production Discography

1990-1996

Two Kings in a Cipher "From Pyramids to Projects" - Entire Album (BAHIA/RCA, 1991)

Two Kings in a Cipher (Bahia/RCA, 1990)

* "Movin' on 'Em"

"The Show Soundtrack" (Def Jam, 1995)

* Suga - "What's Up Star?" (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)

Outkast "Atliens" (LaFace 1996)

* "Atliens Remix"

Rakim "Build And Destroy" (Universal)

Salt 'N' Pepa (MCA)

Positive K "I Got A Man" (Remix)

Larry Johnson - TV Commercial (MCA 1996)

* (And 1 Commercial)

Nalini (1996)

* "Lay Down" (Bad Boy Remix) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

1997

The Notorious B.I.G.: "Life After Death" (Bad Boy)

* "Hypnotize" (Featuring Pam from Total) (Produced with Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)

* "The World is Filled" (Featuring Too Short, Puff Daddy, Carl Thomas) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

* "B.I.G." Interludes (Produced with The Notorious B.I.G.)

Puff Daddy & The Family: "No Way Out" (Bad Boy)

* "Do You Know" (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

* "Been Around The World" (Featuring Mase & The Notorious B.I.G.)

* "It's All About the Benjamins" (Featuring The Lox, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.)

* "Pain"

* Interludes

L.L. Cool J: "Phenomenon" (Def Jam)

* "Hot, Hot, Hot" (Produced by Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Co-Produced By D-Dot)

Mase: "Harlem World" (BadBoy)

* "Feel So Good" (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

* "24 Hours To Live" (Featuring The Lox, DMX & Black Rob) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick & Carlos Broady)

* "I Need To Be" (Featuring Monifah) (Produced with Chucky Thompson)

* "Do You Wanna Get $" (Featuring Kelly Price & Puff Daddy) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)

* Interludes (Produced with Mase & Puff Daddy)

Jay-Z: "In My Lifetime Vol. 1" (Roc-A-Fella)

* "Where I'm From"

Tracey Lee: "Many Facez" (Bystorm/Universal)

* The Theme (It's Party Time)

* Clue

* Big Will

SWV: "Release Some Tension" (RCA)

* "Give It Up" (Featuring Lil' Kim) (Produced with Lantz "Wet" Mitchell)

Executive Production Credits:

Puff Daddy & the Family: "No Way Out" (BadBoy)

Mase: "Harlem World" (Bad Boy)

Tracey Lee: "Many Facez" (Bystorm/Universal)

A&R; Credits:

Mase: "Harlem World" (Bad Boy)

Puff Daddy & the Family: "No Way Out" (Bad Boy)

The Notorious B.I.G.: "Life After Death" (Bad Boy)

Remix Credits:

MC Lyte: "Cold Rock a Party" (Featuring Missy Elliott) (Produced with Puff Daddy, Stevie J., Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence) (East/West Records)

Jody Watley: "Off the Hook" (Featuring Rakim) (MCA)

Ray-J: "Everything You Want" (Elektra)

1998

Busta Rhymes: "Extinction Level Event" (Elektra)

* "Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce"

Made Men: "Classic Limited Edition" (Priority)

* "Just You and I"

* "Is It You? (Deja Vu) (Remix) (Featuring Big Pun, Cardan, Mase)

Foxy Brown: "Chyna Doll" (Def Jam)

* "My Life"

Jermaine Dupri: "Life in 1472" (So So Def)

* "Get Your Shit Right" (Featuring DMX, Madd Rapper)

* "All That's Got To Go" (Featuring Da Brat)

The Lox: "Money, Power & Respect" (Bad Boy)

* "Yonkers Tale (Intro)" (Featuring Carl Thomas)

* "Money, Power & Respect" (Featuring DMX, Lil' Kim) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)

* "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

* "Bitches from Eastwick" (Produced with Chucky Thompson)

* "All For The Love" (Additional Production)

* "Everybody Wanna Rat" (Additional Production)

* All Interludes

Trina & Tamara "Trina & Tamara" (Columbia)

* "Jo Anne"

Imajin (Jive)

* "Shorty (You Keep Playin with My Mind)" (Featuring Keith Murray)

"Have Plenty Soundtrack" (Yab Yum)

* Queen Pen & Tracey Lee: "Rock The Body"

Harlem World: "Harlem World" (All Out/So So Def/Columbia)

* "Cali Chronic" (Featuring Snoop Dogg)

Total: "Keisha, Kima, and Pam" (Bad Boy)

* "Sitting Home" (Produced with Blake "Karrington" Smith)

Remix Credits

The Notorious B.I.G.: "Nasty Boy" (Featuring Kelly Price) (Bad Boy)

Puff Daddy: "Come With Me" (Featuring Jimmy Page)

Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back '98" (Featuring Black Rob)

Executive Production Credits:

Faith Evans: "Keep the Faith" (Bad Boy)

The Lox: "Money, Power, Respect" (Bad Boy)

A&R; Credits:

The Lox: "Money, Power, Respect" (Bad Boy)

Faith Evans: "Keep the Faith" (Bad Boy)

1999

Goodie Mob: "World Party" (LaFace)

* "Rebuilding"

* "Chain Swang"

The Notorious B.I.G.: "Born Again" (BadBoy)

* "Let Me Get Down" (Featuring Missy Elliott, Craig Mack & G-Dep)

*" If I Should Die Before I Wake" (Featuring Beanie Sigel, Ice Cube & Black Rob) (Produced with Coptic & Charlemagne)

Puff Daddy: "Forever" (Bad Boy)

* "Real Niggas" (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil Kim)

* "Mad Rapper Interlude"

Mase: "Double Up" (Bad Boy)

* "Fuck Me, Fuck You" (Featuring Mysonne)

* "Mad Rapper Interlude"

50 Cent: "Power of the Dollar"

* "How to Rob"

2000

Madd Rapper: "Tell 'Em Why U Madd" (Crazy Cat/Columbia)

* "Dot VS TMR"

* "You're All Alone" (Featuring Picasso Black)

* "That's What's Happening" (Featuring Tracey Lee & Mase)

* "How We Do" (Featuring Puff Daddy)

* "Stir Crazy" (Featuring Eminem)

* "Ghetto" (Featuring Raekwon & Carl Thomas)

* "Surviving The Game" (Featuring Desert Roze)

* "Bongo Break" (Featuring Busta Rhymes)

* "Whateva" (Featuring Picasso Black & Fierce)

* "They Just Don't Know" (Featuring Black Rob & Nature (artist))

* "Esta Loca" (Featuring The Beatnuts & Rambo)

* "They Just Know" (Featuring Black Rob & Nature)

* "Shysty Broads" (Featuring Babe Blue)

* "Wildside" (Featuring Desert Roze)

Carl Thomas: "Emotional" (Bad Boy)

* "Special Lady" (Produced with Garrett "Blake" Smith)

Black Rob: "Life Story" (BadBoy)

* "Lookin' at Us" (Featuring Cee-Lo) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)

* "Jasmine" (Featuring Carl Thomas) (Produced with Edward Logan)

* "Can I Live?" (Featuring The Lox)

* "PD World Tour" (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Charlemagne)

* "B.R." (Featuring G-Dep) (Produced with Black Rob)

* "Madd Rapper Interlude"

Da Brat: "Unrestricted" (So So Def)

* "Hands In The Air" (Featuring Mystikal)

Tracey Lee: "Live from the 215" (Universal)

* "We Like"

* "Go 'Head"

Executive Production Credits:

Madd Rapper: "Tell 'Em Why U Madd" (Crazy Cat/Columbia)

Black Rob: "Life Story" (Bad Boy)

Remix Credits:

Carl Thomas: "Emotional" (Bad Boy)

The Notorious B.I.G.: "Notorious" (Featuring Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy) (Bad Boy)

2001

Lil' Kim: "Notorious K.I.M." (Atlantic)

* "Don't Mess With Me" (Produced by Kanye West, Co-Produced by D-Dot, Ed Logan, Sony)

Bad Boy: "Greatest Hits" (Bad Boy)

* "Mad Rapper Interludes"

Benzino: "The Benzino Project" (Motown)

* "Who Is Benzino?" (Featuring Puff Daddy)

2002

Nas: "The Lost Tapes" (Columbia)

* "Poppa Was a Playa" (Produced by Kanye West)

Lady May "MayDay" (Crazy Cat)

* "The Dick & the Dough"

P. Diddy: "We Invented The Remix" (Bad Boy)

* The Notorious B.I.G.: "Notorious" (Featuring Lil' Kim, P. Diddy)

2003

Mary J. Blige: "Love & Life" (Geffen)

* "Don't Go" (Produced with P. Diddy)

* "Interlude: Finally Made It" (Produced with P. Diddy)

Da Band "Too Hot 4 TV" (Bad Boy)

* "Cheers 2 Me" (Featuring Fonzworth Bentley)

Beanie Sigel: "State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. 2" (Roc-A-fella)

* "It's On" (Featuring Jay-Z)

DJ Kay Slay "Street Sweeper Vol. 1" (Columbia)

* "Stars" (Featuring Black Rob, G-Dep, Craig Mack)

Executive Production Credits:

Da Band: "Too Hot 4 TV" (Bad Boy)

Lady May: "May Day" (Crazy Cat)

Remix Credits:

112: "Hot & Wet" (Featuring Ludacris & Chingy) (a 2nd remix with Ghostface Killah)

2004

Carl Thomas: "Let's Talk About It" (Bad Boy)

* "Let's Talk About it"

8 Ball & MJG: "Livin' Legends" (Bad Boy)

* "Gangsta"

2005

Black Rob: "The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)

* "B.L.A.C.K."

* "Y'all Know Who Killed 'Em" (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)

* "Help Me Out"

* "Fire In Da Hole" (Featuring Ness)

The Notorious B.I.G. "Duets: The Final Chapter" (Bad Boy/WB)

* "I'm With Whateva" (Featuring Jim Jones (rapper), Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana)

* "What's Goin' On" (Featuring Black Rob)

Labba - "Untitled LP" (Jive)

* "What Is It?

Executive Producer Credits

Black Rob: "The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)

Noah: "The Music Man" (Crazy Cat/Jive)

2006

Danity Kane: "Danity Kane" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

* "Press Pause" (Produced with Mario Winans)

2007

The Madd Rapper: "Still Mad"

The Madd Rapper: "Drama - Gangsta Grillz The Album"

2008

Mario Winans: "Love's Highway" (featuring The Game)

The Madd Rapper: "Brooklyn Let's Go, Pt. 1" (featuring Red Cafe, Maino, Wais P, Papoose & Joell Ortiz)

Heltah Skeltah: "Intro" (featuring DonRocko, BummyFlyJab, Alkatraz)

2010

The Madd Rapper: "Come On" (featuring Method Man) (unreleased)

The Madd Rapper: "Dear Hip Hop"

External links

Bad Boy Records

Revenge of the Mad Rappers

Category:1968 births Category:American hip hop record producers Category:Howard University alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Brooklyn Category:Rappers from New York City

Name	Mac Mall
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Jamal Rocker
Alias
Origin	Vallejo, California
Instruments	Rapping
Genre	Rap
Years active	1993–present
Notable albums	Illegal Business (1993), Untouchable (1996)
Notable songs	"Ghetto Theme", "Get Right"

Mac Mall, (born Jamal Rocker in Vallejo, California) is a West Coast rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s, as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. Mac Mall was signed to Young Black Brotha Records. Immaculate followed in 2001, on which he mixed gangster rap with religious themes, with Mackin' Speaks Louder Than Words in 2002 and Illegal Game in 2004.

Discography

Studio albums

1993: Illegal Business?

1996: Untouchable

1999: Illegal Business? 2000

1999: Mallennium

2000: Beware of Those (with JT the Bigga Figga)

2001: Immaculate

2002: Mackin Speaks Louder Than Words

2004: Illegal Game (with JT the Bigga Figga)''

2004: The Macuscripts, Vol. 1

2005: The Macuscripts, Vol. 2

2005: The Macuscripts, Vol. 3

2005: The Macuscripts, Vol. 4

2005: Da U.S. Open (with Mac Dre)

2006: Thizziana Stoned and the Temple of Shrooms

2009: Mac to the Future

Singles & EPs

1994: Sic Wit Tis

1994: Ghetto Theme

1996: Get Right

1999: Wide Open (CD/Cassette Single)

References

Category:Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:African American rappers Category:Living people

Name	Freddie Gibbs
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Freddie Tipton
Alias	Gangsta Gibbs
Born	January 28, 1982
Origin	Gary, Indiana, United States
Voice type	Baratone
Genre	Hip hop, Gangsta rap
Occupation	Rapper, lyricist, musician
Years active	2005–present
Label	Decon Records, Gibbs Family
Associated acts	The Alchemist, Jay Rock, Pill

Freddie Tipton (born January 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is a rapper from Gary, Indiana, now based in Southern California. He was signed by Interscope Records before being let go from his deal without a record being released. Subsequent to this, in 2009, he brought out The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs—a compilation of his work to that date, mixing mixtape tracks with unreleased studio material—and midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik—a collection of new music. Both were released for free to the internet. He has just recently teamed up with Bun B and Chuck Inglish to form the "super group" P.O.C. (Pulled Over by the Cops).

Music style

Gibbs has been compared to the legendary artists, Tupac Shakur as he not only "has a similar voice and delivery to revered hip hop martyr, the two also share a similar content to their music. Both use gangster rap as a tool to display the struggle, the beauty, and the emotion of lower socioeconomic life in modern America." His Southern-sounding cadences and easy drops into double-time rapping has also drawn parallels to UGK, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Z-Ro and Outkast (midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik's title being a play on that of Outkast's 1994 debut, southernplayalisticadillacmuzik).

Discography

Albums

Baby-Faced Killa (2011)

EPs

Str8 Killa (2010)

Mixtapes

Full Metal Jackit: The Mixtape [Vol. 1] (2004)

Full Metal Jackit: The Mixtape [Vol. 2] (2004)

Live from Gary, Indiana (2007)

Live from Gary, Indiana [Part 2] (2008)

The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs (2009)

midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik (2009)

Str8 Killa No Filla (2010)

A Cold Day in Hell (Feb. 2011)

References

Category:Living people Category:Rappers from Indiana Category:Underground rappers