Andre Harrell

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entrepreneur human music executive rapper record producer

Andre Harrell was an influential American music executive and producer best known for shaping the sound of late-1980s and 1990s R&B and hip-hop and launching the careers of artists like Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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Andre Harrell canonical 7
Andre O’Neal Harrell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
child Gianni Harrell ⓘ
coFounded Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-05-07 ⓘ
discovered Jodeci ⓘ
Mary J. Blige ⓘ
educatedAt Baruch College ⓘ
Charles Evans Hughes High School ⓘ
Lehman College ⓘ
employer Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Harrell ⓘ
founded Uptown Records ⓘ
fullName Andre Harrell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Andre O’Neal Harrell
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
givenName Andre ⓘ
hired P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean “Diddy” Combs
memberOf Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde ⓘ
mentorOf P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean “Diddy” Combs
notableFor launching the careers of Mary J. Blige and Jodeci ⓘ
mentoring Sean “Diddy” Combs ⓘ
shaping late-1980s and 1990s R&B and hip hop ⓘ
occupation film producer ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath West Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld CEO of Motown Records ⓘ
CEO of Uptown Records ⓘ
founder of Uptown Records ⓘ
vice president at Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
recordLabel Uptown Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
stageName Dr. Jeckyll ⓘ
workedWith Al B. Sure! ⓘ
Guy ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ

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Uptown Records → foundedBy → Andre Harrell ⓘ
Uptown Records → notableExecutive → Andre Harrell ⓘ
Brown Sugar → producer → Andre Harrell ⓘ
Father MC → associatedAct → Andre Harrell ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz → associatedAct → Andre Harrell ⓘ
Andre Harrell → fullName → Andre Harrell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andre O’Neal Harrell
album "What’s the 411?" → executiveProducer → Andre Harrell ⓘ
subject surface form: What's the 411?
new jack swing → associatedWithProducer → Andre Harrell ⓘ
subject surface form: New jack swing