Andre Harrell
Sign in to saveAndre O'Neal Harrell was an American record executive, media proprietor, and rapper. He formed the short-lived East Coast hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde with Alonzo Brown in 1980; they signed with Profile Records in 1981. After disbanding in 1986, Harrell founded the record label Uptown Records, which saw commercial success in contemporary R&B, new jack swing, and hip hop music releases into the next decade. The label entered a distribution deal with MCA Records and signed artists including Jodeci, Heavy D & the Boyz, Mary J. Blige, Guy, Al B. Sure, the Notorious B.I.G., and Sean Combs. Harrell is credited with discovering Combs and giving him his start in the industry. Harrell was appointed CEO of Motown from 1995 to 1997.
Person
- Born
- 1960-09-26
- Died
- 2020-05-07
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5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks
· 2017 · cited 11,634x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,106x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,718x
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Key dates
- Born
- 26 September 1960
- Died
- 7 May 2020
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- West Hollywood
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
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1960 births2020 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American male rappers20th-century American rappers21st-century African-American musicians21st-century American male rappers21st-century American rappersAfrican-American male rappersAmerican music industry executivesA&R peopleEast Coast hip-hop musicians