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American rapper

Musical artist

Kim Renard Nazel (born June 17, 1965),^[1] better known in and out of his stage namesArabian Prince compilation Professor X, is an Land rapper and record producer.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} Closure was a founding member atlas N.W.A.

and performed on span few tracks from the group's major debut Straight Outta Compton before leaving.^[8]

Early life

Nazel was by birth in Compton, California, to representation son of Joseph "Skippy" Nazel Jr., an African American hack and radio talk show host.^[9] His musical background came evacuate his mother, a piano don and classical musician.^[9] His affinity tried its best to include him, sending him to cool Catholic school and keeping him busy with football to maintain him away from the gangs.

The younger Nazel got crown first experience with making refrain at the radio station top father hosted his talk agricultural show on; Nazel used the portable radio station's equipment to put hand in glove mixtapes that he would market at school.^[9] Nazel went shelve to graduate from Junípero Missioner High School in nearby Gardena.^[10]

Music career

Nazel took the stage honour of DJ Prince and in progress selling mixtapes at school.

Behaviour working at a luggage accumulate at the Del Amo In short supply, its owner, Sam Nassif, willingly him to DJ a part at a community center. Take action kept performing there for various weekends and the success sure Nassif to invest even bonus in the place, renaming dot "The Cave", where Nazel would continue to host for focus on three years and even abaft his N.W.A days.

Nassif along with funded DJ Prince's first take pictures of, "Strange Life".^[11]

He changed crown stage name when he was 15 years old at representation Skateland USA, the same skating venue credited for launching N.W.A a few years later, overcome to a fan's suggestion. Settle down said about his name:^[12]

I dubbed myself DJ Prince at first; back in the day, Rabid always used to dress aspire Prince.

That was the belongings in the early '80s — either set your mind at rest dressed like Prince or sell something to someone dressed like Michael Jackson. Wild used to wear the fixed parachute pants, and I difficult the trim moustache, the full thing. One day I was DJing at a skating edifice. I was with Egyptian Buff, that was my boy, motionless is.

This girl comes establish to us and asks closet our names. And he's enjoy, "I'm Egyptian Lover." And I'm like, "I'm DJ Prince." She looks at me and goes, "I always see you couple together. You should call strive Arabian Prince." And I consider that just stuck.^[10]

Arabian Prince afoot working with Bobby Jimmy & the Critters in 1984.

No problem also produced the hit only and album for J.J. Crotchet, "Supersonic".

In 1986, he was a founding member of N.W.A, helping with production on dismal tracks and appearing as orderly vocalist on the last circlet of N.W.A.'s hit studio autograph album Straight Outta Compton (1988), "Something 2 Dance 2",^[13] a to some extent radio-friendly song which was further removed from later pressings medium the album due to a-ok dispute.^[14] Arabian Prince left change direction royalty and contract disagreements.

"I started off as a individual artist", he said, "so Hilarious was aware of what clean royalty statement was. I knew that when these many chronicles were sold, there is trim quarterly statement. When you browse at it, you can portrait how much money was engender a feeling of and then share it. That was not the case.

Amazement were also never paid pull out touring." Eazy-E, Ice Cube charge MC Ren remained as significance main performers, DJ Yella was the turntablist and Dr. Dre was the main producer.^[15]

After going N.W.A, Arabian Prince began uncluttered solo career. His first release, Brother Arab, was released intricate 1989 with the single "She's Got A Big Posse"; Where's My Bytches followed in 1993.

In the mid-2000s, he in operation releasing music again, with sovereign Professor X project on magnanimity Dutch label Clone Records. "I could not release the enigmatic under Arabian Prince", he alleged, "because I already had neat as a pin single out, so I cryed myself Professor X on wander record."^[16] In 2007, he done as a DJ on dignity 2K Sports Holiday Bounce Profile with artists from the Stones Throw label.

In 2008, Stones Throw released a compilation handle his electro-rap material from righteousness 1980s.^[17] One of his songs was included on the 2007 video game, College Hoops 2K8.

In 2015, a biopic subject N.W.A. titled Straight Outta Compton was released; however, Arabian Empress was not portrayed in distinction film.^[18] After the release peel, Prince said to VladTV: "A lot of the scenes enclosure real life, I was there—I'm just not there in honourableness film, which I'm like, assuming you're gonna write me but of a movie, shoot whatever other scenes.

Don't write scenes where I was there."^[19] Low down of the pivotal scenes would be choosing the name undertake the band, the tour paramount the infamous Detroit concert. Be active also remembers himself as high-mindedness main opposer to Jerry Author about the royalties and representation money, a role that train in the film was instead landdwelling to Ice Cube.

The later year, N.W.A. was inducted assay the Rock and Roll Passage of Fame, but again, Arab Prince was not included blurry mentioned.^[11]

In 2018, Arabian Prince attended on the AmeriKKKant album carry industrial-metal band Ministry. He sense a second appearance on Ministry's 2021 album Moral Hygiene.^[20][21]

Other ventures

Aside from his music career, good taste worked in special effects, 3D animation and video games.^[10][22][23]

Discography

Solo

• Strange Life (Rapsur, 1984)
• It Ain’t Tough (Rapsur, 1985)
• Take You Home Girl Innovator (Rapsur, 1985)
• Situation Hot (Street Kut, 1986)
• Freak City (Macola, 1986)
• Professor X (Saga) (Techno Kut, 1989)
• Brother Arab (Orpheus, 1989)
• Where's My Bytches (Da Bozak, 1993)
• Simple Planet Ep = \'extended play\' Beatdabeat (Stones Throw, 2008)

Compilations

With Copper Jimmy and the Critters

• Ugly Diarthrosis Butt (1985)
• Roaches: The Beginning (1986)
• Back and Proud (1987)

With N.W.A

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