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Real Name: | René Carolito Phillips |
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Profile: | Member of Dutch Eurodance group 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor. René was born in Sint Nicolaas, Aruba on January, 17th 1970. He left Aruba at the age of 6 to emigrate to the Netherlands. He lived in Amsterdam and also Utrecht (the home town of the real Brothers; Martin and Bobby Boer). Since 2010, he lives in Antwerp, Belgium. He spent his early teenage years in Dayton, Ohio and returned to Holland at the age 18 to pursue a career in music. He started under the name of CMC, as rapper for the group Master Rockers, later renamed Mellow MCs, in collaboration with a friend, Benny Ferrier (aka Mighty B) in 1989. René met a lot of artists, among which the rappers of the group 24K, who were searching for a guest rapper for their 2nd album Words... Yet Unspoken. The album featuring René as CMC was released in 1992 under the label DJAX. The same year, René could be heard on King Bee's album Royal Jelly (with Pryme and Allstar Fresh aka Guan Elmzoon), and of course the mini album Working Undercover released by the Mellow MC's. Then he ran into his future producers. With them he recorded and released a solo single called I Can't Believe It's Over, unfortunately for him the single didn't do that well. Raps would be later reused on an eponymous track on 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor's first album. He should have been the rapper on Can't Help Myself et Turn Da Music Up too, but at that time he was tied by a contract in another records company. For the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor's third single, he joined the project along with the female vocalist Des'ray. This was the beginning of a succesful story which led to 10 top 10 singles. In 1993 he met Brian Busby and together in 1995 they created the label CMC Records, (under which were released debut singles of E-life, Postman and Two Outta Milions) in collaboration with Soul Relations, one of the most active black music label in the Netherlands. During 2 years, D-rock also presented the TMF TV show The Pitch together with the rapper Glaze. The show presented every week the best national and international hip-hop artists. After the show's last season, Glaze and René joined the station New Dance Radio. There, together with DJ Mass, they presented a weekly radio hip-hop show called Tha Bomb.
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Aliases: | C.M.C. (5), Domenico Labarile, M.I.S.T.A., Mr. Phillips (3), René Phillips |
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