DJ Pooh
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Birth name | Mark Jordan |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | June 29, 1969
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Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | Lench Mob, Big Beat, Atlantic |
Mark Jordan (born June 29, 1969), better known by his stage name DJ Pooh, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, voice actor, screenwriter and film director who has produced albums for many rappers such as King Tee, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and 2Pac.
Biography
Most known for his acting role as "Red" in the first Friday movie with Ice Cube, DJ Pooh co-wrote Friday and helped with character development. As a legendary record producer and mixing engineer, DJ Pooh has produced albums for 2Pac, Ice Cube, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, LL Cool J, Yo-Yo, Tha Dogg Pound, King T and many more. In 1986–1987, DJ Pooh provided production for LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. The album was certified double-platinum. He also produced 2Pac's All Eyez on Me in 1995. The album is certified diamond. He provided the bulk of the production for Snoop Dogg's second album, Tha Doggfather, in 1996. The album is certified double-platinum. DJ Pooh began in film by producing the drive-by shooting sequence in the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood.[citation needed] He plays all three "Mack" characters in the video for the Ice Cube song "Who's the Mack?" from AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. He has also written, produced and directed his own films, which include the 2000 film 3 Strikes and 2001's The Wash, which stars Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. DJ Pooh has been credited as co-producer and writer to the successful game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He was a creative consultant on Grand Theft Auto V and is also a co-writer of the online version, making several cameo appearances, in addition to being a DJ on the radio station "West Coast Classics" within the game. DJ Pooh also appeared in 3 episodes of The Boondocks.
Discography
Studio albums
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Bad Newz Travels Fast
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Filmography
- Friday – Red, co-writer
- Next Friday - Himself (uncredited)
- 3 Strikes – Trick Turner / Taxi Driver, director and writer
- The Wash – Slim, director, producer and writer
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – co-producer & writer
- The Boondocks – Mudpie / Speaker #2 / Crowd Member / Laughing Funeral Attendee (voice only)
- Freaknik: The Musical – Doela Man (voice only)
- Grand Theft Auto V – creative consultant, DJ on West Coast Classics radio station
- Grand Theft Auto Online – cameo as himself, also writer
- Grow House – director and writer
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American rappers
- African-American film producers
- African-American male actors
- African-American screenwriters
- American hip hop record producers
- American male film actors
- American male screenwriters
- Film producers from California
- G-funk artists
- Hip hop record producers
- Rappers from Los Angeles
- Record producers from California
- Screenwriters from California
- Mixing engineers
- 20th-century African-American male singers
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- African-American male writers