Sir Jinx

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Sir Jinx , real name Anthony Wheaton shortened, even Tony Wheaton is an American hip-hop - producer and DJ .

biography

Sir Jinx grew up in South Central Los Angeles . With Ice Cube and Kid Disaster he was part of the hip-hop group CIA , short for Cru 'In Action! . Through this connection he introduced Ice Cube to his cousin Dr. Dre and was part of the founding of NWA . He was also involved in their first long player, NWA and the Posse . He was shown on the cover and helped to create this by adding graffiti to the wall in the background .

After Ice Cube left NWA, Sir Jinx remained more connected to him than to the rest of the group. Together with The Bomb Squad produced it Ice Cubes debut album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted , as well as its other early projects: the EP Kill at Will and long-player Death Certificate , The Predator and Lethal Injection , all with at least one platinum record by the RIAA awarded were.

He also produced the first two works by rapper Yo Yo and Live and Let Die by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo in the early 1990s . He was also part of WC- led group WC and the Maad Circle , with whom he released two albums in 1991 and 1995. At this time he also worked occasionally outside of his traditional genre and produced for singers Ce Ce Peniston and Isaac Hayes . On top of that, the single Pic-A-Nic featuring Gerald Levert was released under his own name , which was taken from his solo album Chastisement (Deez Days) . Neither of these, however, had any commercial success.

After 1995, Sir Jinx was initially less active. It wasn't until 1998 that he reappeared more clearly when he produced Xzibit's second full-length 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz executive . He also worked with Xzibit on his other albums Restless , Man vs Machine and Weapons of Mass Destruction . From 1998 to 2006 he also produced individual songs by Redman , Tash , Westside Connection , Kurupt , Kokane and Paris .

This was followed by productions by him only sporadically, for example in 2010 on Ice Cubes I Am the West . Instead, he acted as a DJ and had appearances on television programs such as The Jimmy Kimmel Show . He also founded the company Coastal Contra , which takes care of selling the music of rappers from the 1990s online , especially in the form of compilations .

Discography

album
  • 1995: Chastisement (Deez Days)
single

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jeff Weiss: Veteran Producer Sir Jinx is the Missing Link. LA Weekly, March 27, 2013, accessed May 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Martin Cizmar: Sir Jinx: What Happened After NWA and the Posse? Phoenix New Times, March 16, 2010, accessed May 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ RIAA : Database with artist search for "Ice Cube"
  4. ^ Allmusic : WC and the Maad Circle | Biography & History
  5. ↑ Discogs : Sir Jinx - Chastisement (Deez Days)
personal data
SURNAME Sir Jinx
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wheaton, Anthony (real name); Wheaton, Tony (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop producer and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century