Schoolly D
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Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. (born June 22, 1962), better known by the stage name Schoolly D, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="phillymag">Template:Cite news</ref>
Biography
Schoolly D was born Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. in West Philadelphia and raised in Philadelphia as well as Georgia.<ref name="phillymag" />
In the mid-1980s, Schoolly D teamed up with DJ Code Money with lyrics reflecting urban realism, violence, and sexual bravado.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> He was interviewed in the 1986 documentary Big Fun in the Big Town.<ref>Template:IMDb title</ref> He later embraced an Afrocentric style, bringing Afrocentric culture to hip hop along with KRS-One.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Schoolly D contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films, including "P.S.K." and "Saturday Night" (from Saturday Night! – The Album) as well as "King of New York" to Ferrara's film of the same name and the title track from Am I Black Enough For You? that was played during the climactic shoot-out in that film, the title track from How a Black Man Feels, and "Signifying Rapper" (from Smoke Some Kill), which was used in Ferrara's film Bad Lieutenant.<ref name="Tobias">Template:Cite news</ref> Because Led Zeppelin successfully sued because of an uncleared interpolation of its song "Kashmir" in "Signifying Rapper", the song was omitted from the soundtrack of the film and from subsequent releases of the film.<ref name="Tobias" />
Composer Joe Delia tapped Schoolly to co-write and record "The Player" for Ferrara's film The Blackout, which Delia scored.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> 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 eighth album, Funk 'N Pussy, on Jeff "Met" Thies' Chord Recordings features guest appearances by 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 UK trip hop crew The Sneaker Pimps).
Schoolly also performed the music and occasional narration for the cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. He was a guest on a first-season episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He also created the song "Sharkian Nights" for the Adult Swim series 12 oz. Mouse. The character Jesse B. Weaver from The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show was also named after him.
On December 30, 2022, he released his newest album, Cause Schoolly D Is Crazy.Template:Citation needed
Legacy
Rapper Ice-T, who is often given credit for the creation of gangsta rap, discussed Schoolly D's influence on him in his autobiography:<ref name=IceCentury>Template:Cite book</ref>
Discography
Studio albums
- 1985: Schoolly D
- 1986: Saturday Night! – The Album
- 1988: Smoke Some Kill
- 1989: Am I Black Enough for You?
- 1991: How a Black Man Feels
- 1994: Welcome to America<ref name="LarkinDM">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1995: Reservoir Dog
- 2000: Funk 'N Pussy
- 2008: Schoolly D's Out Cold
- 2010: International Supersport
- 2019: The Real Hardcore
- 2022: Cause Schoolly D Is Crazy
Compilations
- 1987: The Adventures of Schoolly D
- 1995: The Jive Collection, Vol. 3
- 1996: A Gangster's Story: 1984–1996
- 2000: Best on Wax (5 Years of Schoolly D)
- 2003: The Best of Schoolly D
- 2019: The Official Adventures of... Schoolly D
References
Further reading
External links
- African-American male rappers
- 20th-century American male rappers
- American male voice actors
- Living people
- Rappers from Philadelphia
- 1962 births
- Jive Records artists
- Capitol Records artists
- Rhythm King artists
- East Coast hip-hop musicians
- Gangsta rappers
- 20th-century American rappers
- 21st-century American rappers
- American album-cover and concert-poster artists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century African-American musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians