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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Schoolly D| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jesse B. Weaver Jr.| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1962|06|22| origin = Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S. | Spouse =| instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop | occupation = Rapper , Musician , Composer , DJ , Voice over artist , Actor | years_active = 1984–present | label = Jive Records|Jive / Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records Capitol Records|Capitol / EMI|EMI Records Ruffhouse Records|Ruffhouse / Columbia Records|Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records | notable_instruments = Jesse B. Weaver Jr. (born June 22, 1962), better known by the stage name Schoolly D , is an United States|American rapper from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . http://movies.nytimes.com/person/563261/Schoolly-D New York Times
Career
Schoolly D teamed up with DJ Code Money in the mid-1980s. His lyrics reflected urban realism, violence, and sexual bravado, making Schoolly D's one of the first Gangsta rap|gangsta rappers. He later embraced an afrocentric style, bringing Afrocentric culture to hip hop along with KRS-One .cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429824/20000214/guru.jhtml |title= KRS-One, Schoolly D, GuruTapped For "Once In The Life" |accessdate=2010-09-09 |last=Basham |first=David |coauthors= |date=February 14, 2000 |work= |publisher= MTV
Later, Schoolly D contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films, such as "Saturday Night" (from Saturday Night& #33; – The Album ), as well as the title track from Am I Black Enough For You? which was played during the climactic shoot-out in Ferrara's King of New York ; the title track of this movie from How a Black Man Feels and "Signifying Rapper" (from Schoolly's album Smoke Some Kill ), which was used in the director's Bad Lieutenant .cite web |url= http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22601 |title=Interview with Abel Ferrara |accessdate=2008-07-25 |last=Tobias |first=Scott |coauthors= |date=November 27, 2002 |work= |publisher= The A.V. Club Because Led Zeppelin successfully sued due to an uncleared interpolation (music)|interpolation of its song " Kashmir (song)|Kashmir " in "Signifying Rapper," the song was omitted from the soundtrack of the film and from subsequent releases of the film.
Composer Joe Delia tapped Schoolly to co-write and record "The Player" for Ferrara's film The Blackout , which Delia scored. Schoolly also wrote the score to Ferrara's '' 'R Xmas . In 2006, Schoolly D co-wrote the indie film soundtrack of the historical science fiction thriller Order of the Quest with Chuck Treece . The project series is produced by Benjamin Barnett, and Jay D Clark of Media Bureau. His last album, Funk 'N Pussy '', features guest appearances by Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy 's Chuck D , Chuck Chillout, Lady B and a drum and bass remix of the classic Schoolly D track "Mr. Big Dick" (remixed by United Kingdom|UK trip-hop crew The Sneaker Pimps ).
Schoolly also did the music and occasional narration for the cult television|cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force on the Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim programming block. He also created the song "Sharkian Nights" for the animated series 12 oz. Mouse .
Legacy
Rapper Ice-T, who is often given credit for the creation of gangsta rap , says that Schoolly D was the first gangsta rapper.cite book |last1=Marrow |first1=Tracy |authorlink1= |last2=Century |first2=Douglas |title=Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood |year=2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=97804345523280 Please check ISBN|reason=Invalid length. |pages= |chapter=
quote|The first record that came out along those lines was Schooly D's "P.S.K." Then the syncopation of that rap was used by me when I made "Six In The Morning". The vocal delivery was the same: '...P.S.K. is makin' that green', '...six in the morning, police at my door'. When I heard that record I was like "Oh shit!" and call it a bite or what you will but I dug that record. My record didn't sound like "P.S.K.", but I liked the way he was flowing with it. "P.S.K." was talking about Park Side Killers but it was very vague. That was the only difference, when Schooly did it, it was '...one by one, I'm knockin' em out'. All he did was represent a gang on his record. I took that and wrote a record about guns, beating people down, and all that with "Six In The Morning".cite web| url = http://www.daveyd.com/iceprops.html | title = Ice T Speaks | accessdate = 2007-04-02 | author = Davey D | work = Davey D's Ultimate Interview Directory | publisher = Davey D with eLine Productions | archiveurl = | archivedate = | quote = Here's the exact chronological order of what really went down: The first record that came out along those lines was Schooly D's 'P.S.K.' ...
In the DVD extra on the King of New York , Schoolly D falsely claims to have invented the sport of snowboarding by sledding down Philadelphia hills on pieces of linoleum. (Snowboarding has roots in Snurfer|snurfing , which was invented in 1965, one year before Schoolly D was born.)
Funk metal band Primus (band)|Primus mentions Schoolly D in their song "Harold of the Rocks" on the album Frizzle Fry .
Discography
Studio albums
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