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Infobox musical artist|name = Lord Jamar|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Lorenzo Dechalus|birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|9|17|mf=y|origin = New Rochelle, New York |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |years_active = 1989-present|label = Babygrande Records|Babygrande / Koch Records|Koch | associated_acts = Brand Nubian | website = Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus , September 17, 1968 in New Rochelle, New York ) is an American rapper|emcee and actor. He is a member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian , which formed in 1989. As an actor, he is best known for his role of Supreme Allah on the TV series Oz (TV series)|Oz . He has appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Third Watch , and The Sopranos . He has also done production work for artists such as Dead Prez , Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot , Shaka Amazulu The 7th and Tom Browne (trumpeter)|Tom Browne . He released his debut solo album The 5% Album (an album dedicated to the Nation of Gods and Earths ) on June 27, 2006. He also appeared in a much talked about episode of The (White) Rapper Show in which he criticized contestant John Brown (rapper)|John Brown for naming his company Ghetto Revival.Cite web|url= http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2007/01/the_white_rappe.php|title=The White Rapper Show: The Best Thing on TV|author=Breihan, Tom|work=Status Ain't Hood|publisher= The Village Voice |date=2007-01-23|accessdate=2007-05-07Cite web|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=9097615|author=Purcell, Richard|title=Rapping About a Guilty Pleasure|publisher= NPR |date=2007-03-23|accessdate=2007-05-07Cite web|url= http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/movies/id.266/title.the-white-rapper-show-episode-3|title=Movie Reviews: The White Rapper Show Episode 3|author=J-23|publisher=HipHopDX.com|date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2007-05-09 Like his onscreen character on Oz (TV series)|Oz , Jamar is a member of the Nation of Gods and Earths .
Discography
2005: The 5% Album
2012: Known Associates
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External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p189291|label=Lord Jamar
IMDB name|0416194
http://www.babygrande.net/jamar/ Lord Jamar at Babygrande Records
myspace|lordjamar
Persondata | NAME =Jamar, Lord | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1968-09-17 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Jamar, Lord Category:1968 births Category:African-American actors Category:African American rappers Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:Members of the Nation of Gods and Earths Category:People from New Rochelle, New York Category:Rappers from New York Category:Indie rappers
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