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DJ Clue
Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, radio personality and record executive. Early life DJ Clue was born in Queens, New York City to Panamanian and Jamaican immigrants. Career DJ Clue has his own program, titled "Desert Storm Radio", every Monday to Friday 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, on Power 105.1 in New York. Prior to this, he disc-jockeyed at Hot 97, until 2006. In 1998, DJ Clue founded Desert Storm Records, a record label, with his childhood friends Skane Dolla (manager) and recording engineer Ken Duro Ifill. In 1999, DJ Clue took part in the Hard Knock Life Tour, including a stop in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaicans
Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent, with minorities of Europeans, East Indians, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and others of mixed ancestry. The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in other Anglophone countries, namely Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Jamaican populations are also prominent in other Caribbean countries, territories and Commonwealth realms, where in the Cayman Islands, Jamaican born residents make up 24.8% of the population. Outside of Anglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora community lives in Costa Rica, where Jamaicans make up a significant percentage of the population. History Census According to the official Jamaica Population Census of 1970, ethnic origins categories in Jamaica include: Black (Mixed); Chinese; East Indian; White; and 'Other' (e.g.: Syrian or Lebanese). Jamaicans of African descent made up 92% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Brat
Shawntae Harris-Dupart (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records. Her debut album '' Funkdafied'' (1994) sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification, and the second overall female rap act (solo or group) after Salt-N-Pepa. Throughout her career, she has earned two top ten hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Funkdafied" and " Not Tonight", the latter with Lil' Kim, Lisa Lopes, Missy Elliott and Angie Martinez. Brat has also had commercial success with other songs including " I Think They Like Me", plus several remixes of Mariah Carey's songs, including "Loverboy", " Always Be My Baby", " I Still Believe/Pure Imagination", "Honey", and "Gotta Thing For You", a hip-hop-inspired version of the Bobby Caldwell song " What You Won’t Do For Love". Brat has received two G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hard Knock Life
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professional 3
''The Professional 3'' is the third studio album by American record producer DJ Clue. It was released on December 19, 2006 via Roc-A-Fella Records, serving as a sequel to his 2001 '' The Professional 2''. Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, DVLP, Baby Paul, CHOPS, Filthy, Kanye West, L.T. Hutton, Shatek King, Swizz Beatz. The Heatmakerz and Clue himself. It features guest appearances by Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Mario Winans, The Game, Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Cam'ron, Cassidy, Consequence, Fat Joe, Freeway, Jadakiss, Jagged Edge, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Mike Jones, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Nas, Paul Wall, Ransom, Remy Ma, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Styles P and Young Jeezy. The album peaked at number seventy-three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and number eighteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Track listing # "War" - (featuring Nas) 1:57 # "Clear Da Scene" - (featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Ransom) (produced by DVLP and Filthy) 3:53 # "Fuck Off" - (featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professional 2
''The Professional 2'' is the second studio album by American record producer DJ Clue. It was released on February 27, 2001 via Roc-A-Fella Records, a division of UMG's Def Jam Recordings. It serves as a sequel to his 1998 debut studio album '' The Professional''. Recording sessions took place at Right Track Studios, at Soundtrack Studios, at Baseline Studios, at The Hit Factory, and at Desert Storms Studios in New York City, at McClair Digital Studios in Canada, at Black Friday Recording Studio in Philadelphia, at Enterprise Studios and at Larrabee West Studios in Los Angeles, at 4 Stars Recording Studios in Florida, and at Mirror Image Studios. Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, Rick Rock, Bernard "Big Demi" Parker, Charly "Suga Bear" Charles, DJ Twinz, Just Blaze, Rashad Smith, Righteous Funk Boogie, Rockwilder, X-Treme and Clue himself. It features guest appearances from Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, Kurupt, Memphis Bleek, Eminem, Royce da 5'9" Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professional (album)
''The Professional'' is the debut studio album by American record producer DJ Clue?. It was released on December 15, 1998 via Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording sessions took place at Alien Flyers, at Platinum Island Studios, at Desert Storm Studios, at Soundtrack Studios, at The Hit Factory, at Sound On Sound Studios and at D&D Studios in New York City, at Krosswire Studios in Atlanta, and at Source Sound Labs in Canton. Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, Buckwild, DJ Scratch, Hangmen 3, Laze-E-Laze, M.O.P., Self, V.I.C., Swizz Beatz and Clue himself. It features guest appearances from DMX, Fabolous, Big Noyd, Big Pun, Boot Camp Clik, Cam'ron, Canibus, Drag-On, EPMD, Eve, Flipmode Squad, Foxy Brown, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Keith Murray, Lord Tariq, Made Men, Ma$e, Memphis Bleek, Missy Elliott, Mobb Deep, Mocha, M.O.P., Nas, Nature, Nicole Wray, N.O.R.E., Puff Daddy, Raekwon, Redman, R.O.C. and Styles P. The album peaked at number twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Liberty Jam
''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' is an action-adventure game developed in a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. The ninth installment in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, it was initially released as a PlayStation Portable exclusive in October 2005. A port for the PlayStation 2 was later released in June 2006. At the time of release, the recommended retail price of the PS2 port was around half the price of the PSP version, because the PS2 version does not feature the custom soundtrack ripping capability of the PSP version. Ports for iOS, Android and Fire OS devices were also released in December 2015, February 2016, and March 2016, respectively. The game is the first 3D title in the series to be released for handheld devices, and acts as a prequel to 2001's '' Grand Theft Auto III'', using the same setting of Liberty City (a fictional parody of New York City). The single-player story, set in 1998, follows mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty City Stories
''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' is an action-adventure game developed in a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. The ninth installment in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, it was initially released as a PlayStation Portable exclusive in October 2005. A port for the PlayStation 2 was later released in June 2006. At the time of release, the recommended retail price of the PS2 port was around half the price of the PSP version, because the PS2 version does not feature the custom soundtrack ripping capability of the PSP version. Ports for iOS, Android and Fire OS devices were also released in December 2015, February 2016, and March 2016, respectively. The game is the first 3D title in the series to be released for handheld devices, and acts as a prequel to 2001's '' Grand Theft Auto III'', using the same setting of Liberty City (a fictional parody of New York City). The single-player story, set in 1998, follows mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital media, digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as ''The Daily (podcast), The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (publisher), George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 18th in the world by circulation and List of newspapers in the United States, 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is Public company, publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Envy
RaaShaun Casey (born September 3, 1977), known professionally as DJ Envy, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality.DJ Envyat AllmusicBaker, Al (May 13, 2006D.J. Is Arrested Over His Threat to Rival's Child ''The New York Times'' He is one of the three hosts of the syndicated radio show ''The Breakfast Club'', alongside Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God on Power 105.1. Education Casey graduated from Hampton University in 1999 with a degree in business management. Career A native of Queens, New York City, DJ Envy, then called DJ Shrimp, was tutored and mentored by neighborhood acquaintance DJ Clue,DJ Envy Return of the Hustle Xxlmag.com (July 27, 2007) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebro Darden
Ibrahim Jamil "Ebro" Darden (born March 17, 1975) is an American radio personality, broadcaster, and DJ. Until 2014, he was Vice President of Programming for Emmis Communications' New York contemporary urban station WQHT (Hot 97). He is currently a co-host of the Hot 97 morning show '' Ebro in the Morning'', alongside Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez. As of 2015, Darden also hosts a hip hop music-based radio show on Apple Music 1 Early life Dardens was born to a Black father and a Jewish mother. He attended a Pentecostal church and Hebrew school while growing up in Oakland and Sacramento. Career Start in radio Darden began his career in radio in 1990 at KSFM in Sacramento, California, while he was still a teenager. At KSFM he worked in research and as a sales runner until moving into programming as an intern, and later co-hosting for KSFM's night and morning shows. In 1997, he worked at KBMB in Sacramento as programming and music director, as well as an afternoon host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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