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DukeDaGod is an American
rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
and
record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
. 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
Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Ha ...
, 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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,
Big L Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper and record executive. Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Coleman became known among underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ...
, 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
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Dukedagod Rappers from New York City Living people Five percenters Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American rappers 21st-century African-American musicians