| Pras featuring Mya & Ol' Dirty Bastard "Ghetto Superstar" |
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Prakazrel Samuel Michel, known as Pras, (born
October 19, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning
American rapper, actor, film producer, and
promoter for the hip hop trio The Fugees,
considered one of the most influential groups
of the 1990s for their album The Score.
Pras has also forged a successful solo
career, beginning with an international hit
single from his first full-length solo LP,
"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)",
featuring Mýa and Ol' Dirty Bastard. "Ghetto
Superstar" became a top ten single in 1999,
and the #8 most played single; it was
received with critical acclaim and earned
Pras a performance at the World Music Awards.
The hit single was included in the soundtrack
for the Warren Beatty-starring film,
"Bulworth". "Ghetto Superstar" spent eight
weeks in the UK Top 5, peaking at number 2 in
July of 1998, and reached US #15 a month
later. "Blue Angels", from the same album,
was acknowledged as a UK Top 10 hit, reaching
#6 in November of the same year.
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| DeDe feat Pras Michel (Fugees) |
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Tour plan for DeDe
22/11 Guangzhou - C-Union - OPEN FOR PUBLIC
24/11 Hong Kong -Vibe Jazz and Live Music
Club - OPEN FOR PUBLIC
28/11 Beijing - SAS Radisson (swedish chamber
-private party)
29/11 Shanghai - Hotel Hilton (swedish
chamber - private party)
2/12 Beijing - D22 - OPEN FOR PUBLIC
Her single "Turn you on" is written, produced
and featured by Fugees star Pras Michel
(Fugees). After nine weeks on Swedens singles
chart "Turn you on" went No.2 (week 42). She
is now focusing on finishing her new album
with release spring 2008.
In november she signed a license deal for her
album with oxyd records in Italy and will
shortly sign a deal in China and Taiwan.
December 13th & 15th she did two shows at the
biggest clubs in Beijing, Club Mix and Club
Cargo.
DeDe started her carrier as a dancer & backup
singer and toured around the world between
1989-1994 with Dr.Alban, Melodie MC and the
famous dance group Culture Beat (Mr. Vain).
During her last year with Culture Beat she
signed her first record deal and recorded the
album TBA (Totally Bombastic Anecdotes) with
Sony Music Sweden under her nick- name DeDe.
Her second single (Party) opened up the
market in Japan and her first album TBA went
gold within a month.
With hits like Party, My lover, Get to you
and Everybody, DeDe has released four albums,
TBA (1995), I do (1997), Metaphor (1999) and
Like A Queen 2002, these sold over 500.000
copies.
She has worked with some of the best
producers and songwriters in the world such
as Max Martin, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger,
Kristian Lundin, Andreas Karlsson & Herbie
Crichlow (Britney Spears, N ´sync, Celine
Dion, Backstreet Boys), Anders Bagge (
Jennifer Lopez, Madonna), Sean Barney Thomas
(Dr.Dre. Snoop Doggy Dog), Jock-E (Dannii
Minogue, Ace Of Base, Pandora, Holly Valance,
Jennifer Page, Lene Nystrom, Sertab), Father
MC, Dannii Minogue, Johan Ekhe & Ulf
Lindström (Robyn), Random (Lutricia Mc Neal,
XLNS, A Teens) among others.
In 1997 DeDe was the only Swedish support act
for Michael Jackson down in Ullevi
Gothenburg. On November of 99 she went to
Japan to do her show along with Diana King in
the Tokyo Dome for two consecutive days. 100
000 people were watching those shows.
The end of 99 brought a new challenge for
DeDe, she started of her own label, DLP
International AB and by July of 2002 she
released her fourth album in Japan (through
Epic) under the title "Like a Queen". 2003
saw the release of three singles as well as
her first DVD collection.
Denise "DeDe" Christanne Lopez, was born in
Mexico City but grew up in Stockholm Sweden.
She has three brothers and two sisters all
spread out in the world. Oldest brother
Arturo is a famous photographer in Los
Angeles and in -97 shot the album cover of "I
do". Sebastian, or "DJ ZEB" as he is called,
is a famous DJ and producer in Sweden and has
worked with DeDe, Meja, 666, Emilia and
others. Youngest brother, Renato is a TV host
in Los Angeles for NBC, he also play guitar
in a band called, "The Prom Kings". Oldest
sister Tiana lives in Spain and youngest
sister Samatha is a jewlery designer and
lives in New York. Her father, Renato Lopez
is a music producer and was VP of Walt Disney
Records Latin America Division for more than
ten years, he worked with names like Phil
Collins,Vanessa Williams and Sting among
others. He now runs his own publishing
company and jazz/blues bar in Playa Del
Carmen, Mexiko called "The Jam Session". Her
mother is a dance instructor and runs her own
dance studio in Stockholm. They were both
singers in their youth.
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