The musician was behind “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and “Stan,” as well as Queen Latifah’s debut album.
DJ Mark The 45 King appears in a portrait in his home studio on Oct. 10, 1994 in New York City.Born Mark Howard James, the producer’s career kicked off from his Bronx, N.Y., hometown in the mid-1980s with the arrival of the hip-hop scene. He started off as a DJ, and his stage name came from his unique ability to cut samples and spin tracks out of obscure 45 RPM records.
By the ’90s, The 45 King continued his production credits by working with Jay-Z on 1998’s “Hard Knock Life ” — which sampled the original cast album for Broadway musicalBoth Jay-Z and Em paid tribute to the producer after news of his death broke. Eminem took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and, Jay-Z said, “Thank you, Mark. Your instrumentals, namely ‘The 900 Number,’ were more memorable than our whole albums. You gave me a canvas to have a conversation with the world!! You changed my life.
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