DukeDaGod is an American

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and

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. He is a member of

The Diplomats The Diplomats (also known as Dipset) is an American hip hop collective formed in 1997 by childhood friends Cam'ron and Jim Jones in Harlem, New York. The group was originally composed of Cam'ron, Jim Jones and Freekey Zekey, all of whom gre ...

and the VP of A&R for

Diplomat Records Diplomat Records is an American hip hop record label co-founded by Harlem rappers Jim Jones and Cam'ron. History In the early 2000s, Dipset was very popular for having star rappers with radio hits like Juelz Santana and Cam'ron, as well as t ...

. He was born George Moore in

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, but is better known by his stage name. He released his first album ''More Than Music, Vol. 1'' in summer of 2005 under Diplomats/Koch Records.

Musical career

Moore got involved with the music industry when he helped form the hip-hop group Children of the Corn, composed of his childhood friends Cam'ron,

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, and Bloodshed. Moore served as the road manager until Bloodshed's untimely death and the group disbanded. Moore had a chance to be an A&R at Roc-A-Fella Records through Dame Dash when the label first started, but Moore declined the position and later hooked up with Cam'ron once again, where he became Diplomat Records' A&R, overseeing all of the Diplomat artists' recording projects. Moore's greatest success was with the album ''Dipset: The Movement Moves On'', which reached #53 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in 2006.

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Moore has announced that his new album D.I.P. Agenda distributed through SMG Recordings will be hitting stores November 2010, with features from Jadakiss, Hell Rell, Cam'ron, J.R. Writer and 40 cal . Any other information has not been reported

Studio albums

Compilations

References

http://www.champmag.com/2010/12/15/champ-radio-duke-da-god-interview-on-champ-radio-pt-1-talks-d-i-p-agenda/

External links

DukeDaGod
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