DJ Premier

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Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He formed the hip-hop duo Gang Starr alongside American rapper Guru, with whom he has released seven albums. He formed another hip-hop duo, PRhyme—with American rapper Royce da 5'9"—in 2014, with whom he has released two albums.

Premier has produced each of Gang Starr's releases, as well as many of those by the Gang Starr Foundation. Alongside this, he has been credited with production work on releases for AZ, Common, Drake, Eminem, the Game, Griselda, Jeru the Damaja, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Joey Badass, Kanye West, Logic, Limp Bizkit, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., O.C., Rakim, Royce Da 5'9, Run the Jewels, and Showbiz & A.G., among others. Despite mainly working in underground hip-hop, he has produced Billboard Hot 100-charting singles including "Ain't No Other Man" (2006) by Christina Aguilera, "The Actual" (1998) by All City, "Mass Appeal" (1994) and "You Know My Steez" (1997) by Gang Starr, "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" (1995) by KRS-One, and "Nas Is Like" (1999) by Nas.

Martin founded the record label, Year Round Records, in 2010. He has signed acts including New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khaleel. Tha Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which features 13 Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records in June 2009.

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DJ Premier, de son vrai nom Christopher Edward Martin, né le 21 mars 1966 à Houston, dans le Texas, est un disc jockey et producteur de hip-hop américain, membre, avec Guru, du duo Gang Starr. En 2008, le magazine The Source cite DJ Premier dans sa liste des « 20 meilleurs producteurs de tous les temps ».

Plusieurs MCs et groupes ont travaillé avec DJ Premier : Mobb Deep, Non Phixion, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, KRS-One, GZA, AZ, Crooklyn Dodgers, M.O.P., Capone-N-Noreaga, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Afu-Ra, Rakim, Mos Def, Das EFX, D.I.T.C., Blaq Poet, Kool G Rap ou encore Edo. G.

Il participe également à de nombreux rapprochements entre artistes issus de la Côte Ouest comme Compton's Most Wanted, Ras Kass ou Snoop Dogg et également avec le rappeur Tupac Shakur, en produisant deux morceaux sur l'album East Coast/West Coast One Nation, projet qui devait mettre un terme à la rivalité East Coast/West Coast, mais qui n'a jamais vu le jour à la suite de l'assassinat de 2Pac.

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