Michael Antoine Crooms (born October 5, 1970), better known by his stage name Mr. Collipark, is an American

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producer and the president of his own

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-based

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, ColliPark Music, which was founded in 1999. The name ''Collipark'' was derived from the city of

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. Crooms is credited as playing a major role in the career of the

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, Taurus, Hurricane Chris, V.I.C., and Vistoso Bosses. In 2005, Mr. Collipark was featured on

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's single " Ms. New Booty", which peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2007, Mr. Collipark won BMI's "Songwriter of the Year" award. He was also nominated for a 2008 Grammy for his work with Soulja Boy. In 2011, Mr. Collipark debuted his mixtape ''Can I Have the Club Back Please'', which features tracks from artists including Translee, Treal Lee & Prince Rick, and the Ying Yang Twins.

ColliPark Music

Crooms founded the record label ColliPark Music in 1999. He signed various artists to the label including Soulja Boy, Ying Yang Twins and Vistoso Bosses.

Notable artists

* i15 *

* V.I.C. * Vistoso Bosses

Albums released on label

The Package Store and record producing

Mr. Collipark, along with his production/writing team the Package Store, have produced and written artists including Kilo Ali, Hurricane Chris, Mike Jones,

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, DJ Unk,

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and

Discography

Studio albums

*1994: ''Versastyles'' *1998: ''Dead Crunk''

Mixtapes

*2011: ''Can I Have the Club Back Please''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collipark, Mr. Living people African-American record producers American hip-hop record producers American music industry executives People from College Park, Georgia 1970 births Record producers from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century African-American people