D-Dot
| D-Dot | |
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| Birth name | Deric Michael Angelettie |
| Also known as | Mad Rapper, The Madd Rapper, Papa Dot, D.O.P. |
| Born |
July 31, 1968 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip Hop, R&B |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
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| Website | http://www.madrapper.com |
Deric Michael Angelettie (born July 31, 1968), better known by his stage name D-Dot (also known as Mad Rapper, The Madd Rapper, Papa Dot, and D.O.P.), is an American music producer, songwriter, artist, manager, and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. He is a three-time Grammy Award Nominee and NARAS Award winner for "Producer of The Year" in 1998.
He created the character, Mad Rapper (who made his debut on Notorious B.I.G.'s LP, Life After Death), and released an album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, on his Crazy Cat Catalogue record label distributed by Columbia Records in 2000. The album featured up and coming rapper 50 Cent on the song "How To Rob" and also introduced a young producer/rapper, Kanye West, whom D-Dot also managed and mentored.
Born and raised an only child in Brooklyn, New York in 1968 to an African-American father Eric Angelettie and a Puerto Rican mother Dr. Noemi Angelettie.
He is married to Lisa Angelettie and has four daughters, Alexis, Autumn, Ali and Ava.
While attending Howard University from 1986 to 1989, Angelettie and his friend Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence formed the conscious rap duo Two Kings in a Cipher. In 1990, the duo signed a recording deal to Bahia/RCA Records. In 1991, they released their debut album From Pyramids to Projects.
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