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Krush Groove
''Krush Groove'' is a 1985 American musical comedy-drama film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures that was written by Ralph Farquhar and directed by Michael Schultz (who also produced the movie, along with George Jackson and Doug McHenry). This film is loosely based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and up-and-coming record producer Russell Simmons (renamed Russell Walker in the film), portrayed by Blair Underwood in his feature film debut. Simmons was the film's co-producer and story consultant; he also had a cameo in the film as a club owner named Crocket. Plot Russell Walker has signed all of the hottest acts to his Krush Groove record label, including Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde ( Alonzo Brown), and Kurtis Blow. Rick Rubin produces their records. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell doesn't have the money to press records, he borrows money from a street hustler. At the same time, Russell and his brother Run are both competing for the heart of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Jackson (producer)
George Jackson (January 6, 1958 – February 10, 2000) was a film director and producer. Jackson was born and raised in Harlem, Harlem, New York and graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and Harvard College. He worked with Doug McHenry as producer on such projects as ''Krush Groove'', ''Jason's Lyric'', ''New Jack City'', and ''Body Count (1998 film), Body Count'' in which he made a cameo appearance as a ticket clerk. With McHenry, Jackson directed the second installment of the ''House Party 2: The Pajama Jam!, House Party'' series. Subsequently he was President of Motown Records and founded an internet-based media company, Urban Box Office, with Adam Kidron and Frank Cooper III, Frank Cooper. Jackson died of a stroke in 2000. The George Jackson Academy in New York City was founded in his memory. References External links *The George Jackson Academy [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Harrell
Andre O’Neal Harrell (September 26, 1960 – May 7, 2020) was an American record executive, media proprietor, and former rapper. He formed the short-lived East Coast hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde with Alonzo Brown in 1980; they signed with Profile Records the following year. After disbanding in 1986, he founded the record label Uptown Records that same year, which saw commercial success in contemporary R&B, new jack swing, and hip hop music releases into the coming decade. The label entered a distribution deal with MCA Records and signed artists including Jodeci, Heavy D & the Boyz, Mary J. Blige, Guy, and Al B. Sure, as well as then-unknowns the Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy, among others.Kiki Mason"Pop goes the ghetto" '' New York'', 1995 Oct 23;28(42):37–43, wherebp 38offers a Harrell portrait prioritizing the recentp 40covers Harrell's early life and segues into his start in the music businessp 41includes his own successes in itp 42introduces Sean "Puffy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Wimbley
Damon Yul Wimbley (born November 9, 1966), known professionally as Kool Rock-Ski, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and former member of the American hip hop trio The Fat Boys. Early life and career Damon Wimbley was born on November 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, NY. In his early teens, he met two kids who would become his musical collaborators, Darren Robinson and Mark Anthony Morales. His career began in the early 1980s alongside Robinson and Morales, the trio establishing themselves initially as The Disco 3. After participating in and winning a contest called The Tin Pan Apple After Dark Dance & Rap Contest, put on in 1983 by Swiss producer Charles Stettler, culminating in a performance at Radio City Music Hall, the group quickly rose to fame. Wimbley was only 16 when The Fat Boys gained mass popularity, going on an international tour organized by their then-manager Charles Stettler, the same person who had organized the Tin Pan Apple After Dark Dance & Rap Contest. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Markie Dee
Mark Anthony Morales (February 19, 1968 – February 18, 2021), better known by the stage name Prince Markie Dee, was an American rapper. He was a member of the Fat Boys, a pioneering hip hop group that gained fame during the 1980s. Morales was the vice-president of Uncle Louie Music Group. Early life Morales was born on February 19, 1968. He established the Disco 3 together with Darren Robinson and Damon Wimbley in the early 1980s. After winning a talent contest at the Radio City Music Hall in 1983, they signed a contract with the show's promoter. The promoter recommended that the group rename itself the Fat Boys, in reference to their weight. Career The Fat Boys Morales's accomplishments with the Fat Boys include seven full-length albums. Of these, three attained gold certification and one – '' Crushin''' (1987) – reached platinum. Their hit song from that album that featured The Beach Boys, " Wipeout", peaked to number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The trio also ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Master Jay
Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician, record producer and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups, credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time: 48) Run–DMC ''''. Published April 15, 2004. Mizell was murdered in his |
Darryl McDaniels
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), also commonly known by his stage name DMC (or D.M.C.), is an American rapper and record producer. He is a founding member of the Hip-hop, hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of Hip-hop culture, hip hop culture. Early life McDaniels grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Hollis, Queens. He was born to an unwed mother who surrendered him to the New York Foundling home. He was a ward of the Foundling, in foster care, until placed with the McDaniels when he was one month old and eventually adopted by them. They raised him as a Catholic Church, Catholic, and he attended Paschal Baylón, St. Pascal Baylon Elementary School. He later attended Rice High School (Manhattan), Rice High School in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. He subsequently attended Saint John's University, New York, St. John's University in Queens, New York City. McDaniels listened to rock music and folk music in his youth; he first became i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run-DMC
Run-DMC (also formatted Run-D.M.C., RUN DMC, or some combination thereof) was an American hip-hop group formed in Hollis, Queens, New York City in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip-hop culture and especially one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s. Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new-school hip-hop music and helped usher in the golden age hip-hop. The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship. With the release of '' Run-D.M.C.'' (1984), Run-DMC became the first hip-hop group to achieve a Gold record. ''Run-D.M.C.'' was followed with the certified Platinum record '' King of Rock'' (1985), making Run-DMC the first hip-hop group to go platinum. '' Raising Hell'' (1986) became the first multi-platinum hip-hop record. Run-DMC's cover of " Walk This Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Simmons
Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), better known by the stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is an American rapper, producer, DJ, and television personality. Simmons is one of the founding members of the influential Hip-hop, hip hop group Run-DMC. He is also a practicing Minister (Christianity), minister, known as Reverend Run. He found new popularity in 2005 with his family's MTV reality show ''Run's House''. Early life Simmons was born November 14, 1964, in Hollis, Queens, New York (state), New York. He is the younger brother of artist Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, Def Jam records. Career Before Run–D.M.C., Simmons was the lead vocalist in the hip-hop group named "The Force". He founded Run-D.M.C. as a lead vocalist along with friend Darryl McDaniels, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and the late Disc jockey, DJ Jam Master Jay, Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. Run began using the stage name of "Rev. Run" after he was ordained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers, songwriters and producers from Brooklyn, New York. Members *B-Fine (Brian George) – drums and drum programming, backing vocals *Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) – bass guitar, backing vocals *Paul Anthony (Paul Anthony George) – vocals *Bow-Legged Lou (Lucien George Jr.) – vocals *Curt-T-T (Curt Bedeau) – guitar, backing vocals *Baby Gerry (Gerry Charles) – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals. History Production and songwriting The group produced and wrote music for numerous artists including UTFO, Doctor Ice, Samantha Fox, Patti LaBelle, The Force M.D.s, Britney Spears, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Wild Orchid, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, and Lil' Kim. Full Force's breakthrough hit was UTFO's " Roxanne, Roxanne" (1984), a record that led to several answer records, most notably one by Roxanne Shanté. Through the 80s the group produced a string of major hits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gap Band
The Gap Band was an American Contemporary R&B, R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie Wilson (musician), Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) in the historic Greenwood, Tulsa, Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. History Early years The band formed in Tulsa in 1967, based around the three Wilson brothers, but often included other musicians as well. The name "Greenwood, Archer, and Pine Band" originally started as a joke, reflecting the band's origins, and was shortened to GAP Band later. The band received its first big break by being the back up band for fellow Oklahoman Leon Russell's ''Stop All That Jazz'' album released in 1974. Early on, the group took on a Funk music, funk sound typical of the early 1970s. This style failed to catch on, and their first two LP's, 1974's ''Magicians Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble, July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie (band), Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in Miami, Florida, Harry was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After college she worked various jobs—as a dancer, a Playboy Bunny, and a secretary (including at the BBC in New York)—before her breakthrough in the music industry. She co-formed Blondie in 1974 in New York City. The band released its Blondie (album), eponymous debut studio album in 1976 and released three more studio albums between then and 1979, including ''Parallel Lines'', which spawned six singles, including "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass". Their fifth studio album, ''Autoamerican'' (1980), produced hits including a cover of "The Tide Is High", and "Rapture (Blondie song), Rapture", which is considered the first rap song to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. With the band she recorded the notable hits " Tell Me Something Good," " Sweet Thing," " Do You Love What You Feel," and the platinum-certified " Ain't Nobody." Her debut solo album featured the number-one R&B hit " I'm Every Woman" (which became a pop hit for Whitney Houston). Khan scored another R&B charts hit with " What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" before becoming the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with her 1984 cover of Prince's " I Feel for You." More of Khan's hits include " Through the Fire" and a 1986 collaboration with Steve Winwood that produced a number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Higher Love." Khan has won ten Grammy Awards. With Rufus, she achieved three gold single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
