Actors - Redman

	Actors - Redman

Redman (born Reggie Noble on April 17 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) is an African American rapper who became popular as an artist on the Def Jam label in the 1990s.

Biography

Redman made his rapping debut on the EPMD songs "Hardcore" and "Brothers on my Jock" off their third album "Business as Usual" (Def Jam 1990), after Erick Sermon of the seminal group spotted him freestyling in a New York club and added him to their Hit Squad crew of aspiring emcees (along with K-Solo among others). Redman's 1992 Def Jam debut Whut? Thee Album broke into the US Top 50, achieved gold status in the United States, and prominent hip-hop magazine The Source subsequently named Redman Rap Artist of the Year for 1993.

Redman's solo career continued throughout the remainder of the decade, with each of his albums selling at least half a million copies. His musical style has remained very consistent, rarely deviating from a combination of Redman's unique braggadocious wit and hard, P-funk-influenced beats. In addition to releasing albums under his own name, he is part of the group Def Squad (along with Keith Murray and Erick Sermon) with whom he released the 1998 album El Nino, and also has formed a close partnership with labelmate Method Man (of the Wu-Tang Clan) with whom he released the 1999 album Blackout!. He has also collaborated extensively, both with hip hop artists and with artists from other genres; the long list of artists and groups he has worked with includes Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg, Scarface, The Offspring, Eminem, Gorillaz, D'Angelo, Me'shell Ndegeocello, 2Pac, Jodeci, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, KRS One, IAM and Christina Aguilera. Redman arguably had his best-known international mainstream hit with Aguilera, when he featured on her 2002 single "Dirrty".

In 2001 Redman co-starred with Method Man in the stoner comedy film How High
, which featured the pair playing two marijuana-addled students attempting to survive at Harvard. Method Man and Redman also appear in the Def Jam Vendetta video game series, often as Tag Team partners, and briefly had their own television sitcom, Method & Red, on Fox during the 2004 - 2005 season.

Redman also features on the video game "True Crime: New York City", in which the central character interacts with an undercover street cop based upon the rap star, who also provides the voice for him.

Redman is scheduled to release a new album in 2006 titled Red Gone Wild.

Aliases

Funk Doc
Funk Doctor
Funk Doctor Spock
Funk Doctor Spot
Doc
Red
Reggie
Reggie Noble
Soopaman Luva

Discography

Albums

1992: Whut? Thee Album
1994: Dare Iz a Darkside
1996: Muddy Waters
1998: Doc's Da Name 2000
1998: El Nino (with Eric Sermon and Keith Murray)
1999: Blackout! (Method Man
& Redman)
2001: Malpractice
2006: Red Gone Wild

Singles

1992: "Blow Your Mind"
1993: "Time 4 Sum Aksion"
1993: "Tonight's da Night"
1994: "Rockafella"
1995: "Can't Wait" (US #94)
1995: "How High" (with Method Man
) (US #13)
1996: "It's Like That (My Big Brother)" (US #95)
1997: "Pick It Up"
1997: "Whateva Man" (US #42)
1998: "I'll Bee Dat!"
1999: "Da Goodness"
1999: "Let Da Monkey Out"
2001: "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in Da Club)" (US #97)
2001: "Smash Sumthin'" (UK #11)

Redman is also credited as a featured artist on several other singles. He has topped the United Kingdom singles chart, with Christina Aguilera, in 2002. In the UK, he has made six Top 40 appearances overall, although only "Smash Sumthin'" credits him as the main artist.

Filmography

1999: Colorz of Rage
1999: PIGS
2000: Boricua's Bond
2001: Statistic: The Movie
2001: How High
2002: Stung
2003: Thaddeus Fights the Power!
2004: Method & Red
2004: Seed Of Chucky

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