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Biography
Infobox musical artist | | background = solo_singer| birth_date = Birth date and age |1971|5|10|birth_place = Trenton, New Jersey , United States | death_date =| origin = Brentwood, New York|Brentwood , Long Island , New York , United States| instrument =| genre = East Coast hip hop | occupation =| years_active = 1988& ndash;present| label = Bad Boy Records Street Life Records Stereo Nasty Records| associated_acts = The Notorious B.I.G. , Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip , Busta Rhymes , Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Craig Mack (born May 10, 1971) is an United States|American Grammy Award|Grammy nominated rapper, who gained fame on Sean Combs|Puff Daddy 's Bad Boy Entertainment record label in the 1990s. Although his first Single (music)|single was released under the name MC EZ in 1988, he is best known for his 1994 hit single " Flava In Ya Ear ", which was released under his real name. The remix of the single was the breakout appearance of The Notorious B.I.G. , as well as one of the first solo appearances by Busta Rhymes . The success of The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album Ready To Die overshadowed Mack's early success on the Bad Boy label.
Although Puff Daddy mentioned in a 1994 interview on MTV 's Yo& #33; MTV Raps that he was working with Mack on his second album, which was to be released sometime in January the following year, this proved to not be the case. Present at that interview (which also included The Notorious B.I.G.), Mack himself appeared puzzled by the statement.cite web|author= |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ZH7iA5HDWdM |title=Diddy/Puff Daddy CAUGHT Lying to Craig Mack about 2nd album!!& #33; |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09 As of September 1, 2008, he was no longer on Stereo Nasty Records.
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Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09
Operation: Get Down
Release date: June 24, 1997
Label: Street Life Records
Formats: CD, cassette
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1994
9
4
1
57
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US: Platinum
Project: Funk Da World
Get Down "
US: Gold
1997
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16
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Operation: Get Down
1998
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Reflist Bad boy Persondata | NAME =Mack, Craig | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =May 10, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Trenton, New Jersey , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Craig Category:African American rappers Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:People from Trenton, New Jersey Category:Rappers from Long Island Category:Musicians from New Jersey Category:Bad Boy Records artists Category:Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York) alumni
