Deric Angelettie
Deric Michael Angelettie (born July 31, 1968), also known by his stage names D-Dot, Papa Dot, and the Madd Rapper, is an American record producer.[1] He served as executive producer and A&R for the album No Way Out (1997) by Puff Daddy & the Family, which won a Grammy Award. He has since done so for three other albums nominated for the award,[2][3] and won the BMI Urban Award in 2001.[4]
Deric Angelettie
Deric Michael Angelettie
- D-Dot
- Mad Rapper
- D.O.P.
- Papa Dot
July 31, 1968
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
- Record producer
- rapper
- songwriter
- television producer
- film producer
1990–present
While attending Howard University in the late 1980s, Angelettie and Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence formed the hip hop duo Two Kings In A Cipher, and signed with RCA Records to release their debut album, From Pyramids to Projects (1991). He joined Bad Boy Records' production team the Hitmen by 1995, from which he was credited on releases for artists including the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent, among others. He served as the team's de facto "Captain" by the time he produced the label's 1997 singles "Hypnotize" by Notorious B.I.G. and "It's All About The Benjamins" by Diddy.
As a recording artist, he created the alter ego, The Madd Rapper, to guest perform on B.I.G.'s second album, Life After Death (1997). Angelettie signed with Columbia Records to release his debut studio album as the character, Tell Em Why U Madd (1999),[5] which contained guest appearances from then-unknown rappers 50 Cent (on the song "How to Rob") and Kanye West—the latter of whom Angelettie managed.
Outside of music, Angelettie is the founder of Crazy Cat Catalogue and Crazy Cat Cinemas. He has appeared on and produced the titlular song for MTV's reality show Making The Band 1 & 2. He co-hosted the television series Hip-Hop Hold 'Em[6] on UPN, and served as a "music consultant" for the 2009 film Notorious, due to his personal connection with the film's subject. He was an associate producer for the 2018 film Steps-The Movie, which was executive produced by Shaquille O'Neal.
Personal life[edit]
Angelettie's background includes being born and raised an only child in Brooklyn, New York, to an African-American father Eric Angelettie and a Puerto Rican mother, Dr. Noemi Angelettie-Wallace. He graduated from Samuel J Tilden High School in 1986 and then later attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. [7], but dropped out in 1989 to pursue his music career. He is married to author Lisa Angelettie and is a father to four daughters.[20][21]