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.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1960
- Active to
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- 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
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1960-09-26
- pseudonym
- Dr. Jeckyll
- date of death
- 2020-05-07
- name in native language
- Andre Harrell
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- heart failure
- birth name
- Andre O’Neal Harrell
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
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