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Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), better known by his stage name DJ Premier (also known as Preem, Premo, or Primo for short), is an American record producer and DJ, and was the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, together with emcee Guru. Born in Houston and raised in Prairie View, Texas, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York, for much of his professional career. Rolling Stone identified Premier as arguably Hip-Hop's greatest producer of all time.
The Source named DJ Premier one of the five greatest producers in hip-hop history, while the editors of About.com ranked him #1 on their Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers list. He also made the "Finals" in the search for The Greatest Hip-Hop Producer of All Time by Vibe. He attended Prairie View A&M University.
Premier is known for producing all of Gang Starr's songs as well as many of the Gang Starr Foundation's songs. His work also includes production for heavyweight rappers such as (alphabetic order) Apathy, Big L, Bun B, Canibus, D.I.T.C., Fat Joe, Game, Jay-Z, Kanye West, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, Rakim, Royce Da 5'9", The LOX, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, rock band Limp Bizkit, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Ill Bill, Joell Ortiz, and pop/R&B singer Christina Aguilera, among many others.
Actors: Willie Coggins (producer), Willie Coggins (editor), Willie Coggins (director), Crescen Coggins (producer), Crescen Coggins (editor), Crescen Coggins (actor), Timothy Reid (producer), Timothy Reid (editor), Timothy Reid (actor), Kareem Blue (actor), Richard Owens (actor), Andre Skinner (actor), Pauline Calloway (actress), Dina Coviello (actress), Channel Sheffield (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Warren Smith (producer), Warren Smith (writer), James J.A. Houle (editor), Darren Hummel (director), Dylan Jackson (actor), Lauren Haug (actress), Tawanda Castillo (actor), Ryan Hufner (actor), Ray Wood (actor), Michael Lappas (composer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Lance Rosen (actor), Lance Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Tygh Runyan (actor), Natasha Lyonne (actress), Lance Rosen (producer), Russell Hodgkinson (actor), Tania Raymonde (actress), Marshall Allman (actor), Elizabeth Heile (miscellaneous crew), Vince Vieluf (actor), Nick Bergthold (miscellaneous crew), Denise Gibbs (miscellaneous crew), A'Ali de Sousa (actor), Sean Nelson (actor), Candelaria Herrera (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Reginald VelJohnson (actor), Reginald VelJohnson (producer), Reginald VelJohnson (writer), Henry Priest (producer), Kiki Shepard (actress), David Llauger-Meiselman (producer), Paulina Porter (miscellaneous crew), Sean Le Sure (director), Erik Llauger-Meiselman (producer), Erik Llauger-Meiselman (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jack Scalia (actor), Robert Knepper (actor), Brady Coleman (actor), Joe Stevens (actor), Blue Deckert (actor), Derek de Lint (actor), Mitch Pileggi (actor), Fritz Weaver (actor), Brandon Smith (actor), Bruce A. Young (actor), Phil Nichols (miscellaneous crew), Michael DeLorenzo (actor), Brent Jennings (actor), Michael Crabtree (actor), Paul Haslinger (composer),
Plot: Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial. Upon his release, one of his cellmates asks him to bodyguard his sister Rosie, who is being threatened by a diamond broker over some diamonds. Connie becomes a reluctant bodyguard to Rosie. While in prison, his name got on "the list," a collection of people to go to when you've exhausted all other options.
Keywords: aspiring-artist, assassination-attempt, bodyguard, broker, brother-sister-relationship, cloth-designer, diamond, diamond-theft, dress-designer, exonerationActors: Luca Kouimelis (miscellaneous crew), Jane Curtin (actress), Robert Altman (director), Tina Louise (actress), Cynthia Nixon (actress), Robert Altman (producer), Melvin Van Peebles (actor), Caroline Aaron (actress), Martin Mull (actor), Ray Walston (actor), Jon Cryer (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Louis Nye (actor), Fred Newman (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Patrick Mynhardt (actor), Brian O'Shaughnessy (actor), Chris Robinson (actor), Jan Bruyns (actor), Gert van den Bergh (actor), Victor Melleney (actor), David Millin (director), David Millin (producer), David Millin (writer), Willie van Rensburg (actor), Michael Preston (actor), Peter Grossett (editor), James White (actor), Arthur Swemmer (actor), Hyman Kirstein (producer),
Plot: In February of 1941, South African troops are in action against the Italian forces on the northern frontier of Knya. An Italian invasion, aimed at pushing the Allied Forces out of Central and East Africa, is imminent. The South African Command realizes it has no forces at its disposal capable of stopping the Italian objective. The Command resorts to a grand bluff, designed to mislead the Italian into believing that heavy concentrations of South African troops are placed at strategic points---thus making the planned advanced impossible.
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