Silkski
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Jerome Albert Evans Jr., better known as Silkski is a Brooklyn, New York native. He is a PYN, Wutang Mgmt., Da Gutta Ent., Bungalo, Street Scholar, Universal Music Group artist, of ODB’s Brooklyn Zu, Wu-family.

Biography

“The son of a singer and a music rep, Silkski says he has music in his blood. When your father is a R&B and doo wop singer and your mother is in music promotions, you naturally grow up with a feel for the industry," said Silkski; but even though Silkski’s family is so well connected in the music world, it is not what got him his start; just the opposite, really. “She (Silkski’s mom) tried to keep me in the nice area”, said Silkski, “but I went the other way.”” Silkski enjoyed the grimey life and cringed away from the luxuries his mother provided. He adopted all of the elements of hip hop in its early stages (b-boy, d-jaying, graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....

 tagging, and emceeing), rebelling against his parents' R&B, disco, and Doo Wop music.

This rebelliousness led to one of the most defining moments in Silkski’s life, his mother turned him over to the state. “I felt like no one cared,” said Silkski. But the group home he was put in was in some ways a blessing; it showed him that there were people who did want him to succeed. The next few months consisted of jumping between the streets of New York and the group home (Mount Lorreto) “Mission of the Immaculate Virgin” in Staten Island. Eventually, Silkski left the group home and moved in with his cousin who lived in the roughest area of Jamaica Queens. While in Jamaica Queens, Silkski along with others contributed to the negativity of Queens inner city streets. Although he lived in a grimey area, he stood out with his extreme tagging graffiti techniques, and style of dancing. After moving from his cousin's apartment, Silkski landed on the streets again. “I told this shelter that I was a "teen" alcoholic so I could get a place to stay,” said Silkski. After several months in the shelter, Silkski moved in with a friend in Harlem and took his dancing to the next level. It was then that he hooked up with famed breaker, Larry Love of the Zulu Nation
Universal Zulu Nation
|rightThe Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed and headed by hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. Originally known simply as the Organization, it arose in the 1970s as reformed New York City gang members began to organize cultural events for youths, combining local...

, and took his first stage name, “Gangsta Boogie.” (This was the time when Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five were presumed the hottest thing in hip hop.) Silkski was right there breaking and tagging with some of the biggest names in the hip hop world. “Even though I was a baby compared to Grand Master Flash, I was still there from the start,” said Silkski. “I knew everybody from the gutter to the top”.

Larry Love connected Silkski with the owner of one of the biggest hip hop clubs in New York at the time, Harlem World, and Silkski moved into an empty room in the club. “It was great,” he said, “I was breakin’ on the dance floor all the time, even when the club was closed.”
One day when he was practicing his breaking, Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
Kurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...

 came in to set up for a show later that night. “I was like, ‘Kurtis, check me out,’ and I would just electric boogie,” said Silkski. That night Silkski was on stage dancing for Kurtis Blow. From time to time Silkski would move to live with his grandparents in Los Angeles, going from New York to Los Angeles, back and forth, bringing and taking new hip hop trends with him. In California, Silkski joined Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...

’s rap group Rhyme Syndicate; and in 1988 he met back up with Kurtis Blow, became his protégé, and later went on a forty city European Tour. After the tour Silkski continued to work with Kurtis Blow for a number of years. He danced as a member of his crew, was a dee jay at major events, and worked behind the scenes as Kurtis Blow’s producer.

In 1995 Silkski performed and produced the song “Techno Boy” for the movie score and soundtrack of the film Copycat, which stars Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

, Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
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, Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney
-Early life:Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor,...

, and Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with...

. The film grossed $32,051,917 in the United States, and £2,023,443 in the UK.
In 1996 Silkski produced the song "Pimp'n Ain't EZ" for the movie and soundtrack of the 1996 animated feature film Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Beavis and Butt-head Do America is a 1996 animated feature film, based on the TV series, Beavis and Butt-Head. It was produced by Paramount Pictures in association with Geffen Pictures and MTV Films, and co-written and directed by creator Mike Judge. The film grossed $20.11 million in its opening...

, starring Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...

, Demi Moore
Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...

, Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award...

, Robert Stack
Robert Stack
Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...

, Greg Kinnear
Greg Kinnear
Gregory "Greg" Kinnear is an American actor and television personality who first rose to stardom in 1991. He has appeared in more than 20 motion pictures, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in As Good as It Gets.-Early life:Kinnear was born in Logansport, Indiana, the son of...

, Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...

, David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...

, and Tony Darling; which grossed $20.11 million in its opening weekend, and grossed a total of $63.11 million in North America. This soundtrack also feature songs from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

, Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

, LL Cool J
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

, No Doubt
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...

, Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province; at the age of 67 he died in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.-Life:After receiving piano lessons, Humperdinck produced his first composition...

, and the late Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

.
Silkski also produced songs that went over platinum on the Bloods & Crips "Bangin' on Wax” albums, as well as an album for Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...

 that went gold.

Silkski was put on and made official to the legacy of the infamous Wu-family in 1995, touring the world and writing, rapping and producing with god-brother ODB
ODB
ODB can refer to:* the IATA airport code of Córdoba Airport* Ol' Dirty Bastard , American rapper and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan* ODB, an object-relational mapping system for C++...

, member and co-founder of the "Wutang Clan", and Brooklyn Zu, which include: songs on ODB’s “Nigga Please
Nigga Please
Nigga Please is the second studio album by American hip hop artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan Ol' Dirty Bastard, released on September 14, 1999. This was the last album released during ODB's lifetime. The album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200 with 93,000 copies sold in the first week...

” album, also ODB’s “The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones
The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones
The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones is a compilation album by Ol' Dirty Bastard, released in 2002. It was released without ODB's supervision because he was incarcerated at the time. The album includes remixes of previous songs recorded earlier in ODB's career...

” album, and ODB’s remix single: ”Dog- Sh-t”, as well as ghost writing, and (Silkski’s) own hit single:”No Money”, which led an all-star cast in the video, including some of the most infamous Rapp legends and movie stars to this day, which include, “ODB (“Wu-tang- Clan”)(rip), “Kurtis Blow”(The Breaks), “Dana-Dane”(Cinderfella Dana Dane), “Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. , better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality who rose to prominence as a member of the rap group Public Enemy...

” (Vh1’s: Flavor of love) , “Raheem” and “Scorpio
Scorpio
-Technology:* Scorpio , Roman artillery invented in 50 BC* Scorpio ROV, a class of submersible remotely operated vehicle, including the Scorpio II and Super Scorpio operated by the US and UK navies* Mahindra Scorpio, an Indian SUV...

”(Furious Five), “Buddha Monk”(Brooklyn Zu), “Michael Wright
Michael Wright
Michael Wright is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie King, Jr. in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats....

” (The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenan Ivory Wayans. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas...

, and “Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill commonly refers to Sugar Hill, Manhattan, a section of Harlem, New York City, New York, US. The term may also refer to:Places:* Sugar Hill in Modoc National Forest, California* Sugar Hill, Georgia* Sugar Hill, New Hampshire...

” starring: Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...

), and “Steve Van Zandt”, (Little Steven) ”Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

” - (E-Streetband) and from HBO’s original hit drama series (The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

).

Silkski has appeared on Vh1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 “Inside out, ODB on Parole”, “The Disciples Of The 36 Chambers” (DVD) concert from ODB’s last major Wutang concert July, 17, 04’ before ODB's untimely passing, and “Rock the Bells” movie documentary of the same concert now on DVD. He also appeared on BET’s “Access Granted” with “Ghostface
Ghostface
Ghostface is a fictional character in the film Scream and its sequelsGhostface may also refer to:*Ghostface Killah , American rapper...

” and “Rza
RZA
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...

” from Ghostface featuring Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

 “Tush” video. Recently, Silkski appeared in the movie “The Wutang Story”, and documentary “Dirty, One Word Can Change The World”, as well as appearing in numerous other Wu-related media events.

Film

  • Rock the Bells (2006) Denis Hennelly, Casey Suchan
  • Disciples Of The 36 Chambers (2004) Wu-Tang Clan
  • “Gold Diggin' For Love of Money” A Documentary Film (2009) Brass Ring Enterprises

Television

  • Howard Stern Show (2003) Howard Stern
  • Access Granted "Tush" video Ghostface and Missy Elliot (2004) BET
  • Inside out, ODB on Parole (2004) VH1

Music

Title Credit Label
NiNi X - She's Dangerous (Take That Mutha F-Cka) producer Dangerous Records
Ice T "VI – Return of the Real" producer Priority Records
Priority Records
Priority Records is an American record label, owned and operated by EMI, which has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop, pop and world...

Ronnie Ron* - Gangsta Boom - Sample Your Ass Off producer Dangerous Records, Pump Records, Warlock Records
Warlock Records
Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

Raiders of the Lost Art Bass, Keyboards, Vocals: Background, Chant PolyGram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

, DCC Compact Classics/Sony Music Special Products, Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

Copycat Soundtrack (Techno Boy) performer / writer Milan Records
Milan Records
Milan Records is a record label located in Los Angeles, California specializing in film scores and soundtrack albums. In addition, Milan boasts an extensive electronic catalog which features down-tempo, chillout, and eclectic electronic releases....

Sista Love (What Happened) artist / producer Bungalo Records
Bungalo Records
Bungalo Records is an American independent record label established in 2000 and distributed through Universal Music Group Distribution. -Current Artists:*Nikki Bates*Bam Rogers *Big Gov*Boondock*Agnes Chan...

, Universal Music Group
No Holds Barred (Tweedy Bird Loc album)
No Holds Barred (Tweedy Bird Loc album)
No Holds Barred is the second and last album by the American gangsta rapper Tweedy Bird Loc. A commercial for this album aired on television.- Track listing :# "Album Bitch"...

(Outta Here)
artist Quality Records
Quality Records
Quality Records is a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels, and also released recordings by Canadian artists...

 / Warlock Records
Warlock Records
Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

 / Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

Bloods & Crips "Bangin' on Wax, Vol. 2: The Saga Continues" (Slob 187) producer Quality Records
Quality Records
Quality Records is a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels, and also released recordings by Canadian artists...

 / Warlock Records
Warlock Records
Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

 / Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

Bloods & Crips "Bangin' on Wax" (C-Sick , K's Up) producer Quality Records
Quality Records
Quality Records is a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels, and also released recordings by Canadian artists...

 / Warlock Records
Warlock Records
Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

 / Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

Bloods - Bang'n On Wax: The Best Of The Damu's producer Quality Records
Quality Records
Quality Records is a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels, and also released recordings by Canadian artists...

 / Warlock Records
Warlock Records
Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...

 / Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

Zu-Chronicles, Vol. 2 - Like Father, Like Sonn "Watchin Me" producer / artist Duck-Lo Records / Chambermusik
Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Beavis and Butt-head Do America is a 1996 animated feature film, based on the TV series, Beavis and Butt-Head. It was produced by Paramount Pictures in association with Geffen Pictures and MTV Films, and co-written and directed by creator Mike Judge. The film grossed $20.11 million in its opening...

 "Pimpin Aint EZ"
producer Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

, Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
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Madd Head - Tripp2nite (remix) producer Geffen Records
LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody / Madd Head - Pimp'n Ain't Ez Single producer Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

Silkski Shawborn Featuring Project "X" - Depression "99" / Ya! On A Mission producer / artist DSX Records
Tha Don Of All Donz producer / artist Protect-Ya-Neck Records, Wutang Management, DaGutta Entertainment
No Money producer / artist Protect-Ya-Neck Records, Wutang Management, DaGutta Entertainment
Shawneci – Killa Angelz "Fist of The Drunken Tiger" artist / co-producer Icecold Entertainment
Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...

's The Final Destination Vol 1 "The Cure"
artist / producer Final Level Radio

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