Eric Garcia (born January 3, 1964), professionally known by his stage name Evil E, is an American
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...
. He's best known as the DJ for
Ice-T
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop music, hip hop and heavy metal music, heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground r ...
, who brought him in to his production company Rhyme Syndicate in the mid-1980s. He is the brother of fellow rapper Henry "Hen-Gee" Garcia, with whom he formed the duo Spinmasters.
Career
Eric Garcia was born January 3, 1964, to
Honduran parents and grew up in
Brooklyn, New York
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with his brother Henry. They both appeared in the 1985 film
Rappin'
''Rappin is a 1985 American film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz, produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is a sequel to '' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'', and ...
alongside Ice-T. They removed to the
West Coast and joined Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate, wherein Eric provided scratches serving as a
deejay
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJ ...
. Evil E appeared on the front covers of Ice-T's first two albums.
He appeared on the spoken word track "Evil E-What About Sex?" on the Ice-T's ''
O.G. Original Gangster'' album, and raps on Ice-T's track "Pimp Behind the Wheels" on the ''
Home Invasion
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'' album. Later on, in 1991, he released a full-length album with Hen-Gee, titled ''Brothers'' (Pendulum/
Elektra), which spawned singles: "Lil Trig" (peaked at #15 on the
Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by '' Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stat ...
) and "If U Were Mine" (peaked at #85 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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).
Evil E and Hen-Gee were managed by
Guy Oseary
Guy Harley Oseary (; born October 3, 1972) is an Israeli-American talent manager and writer. His clients include Madonna, Amy Schumer and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whom he has managed since 2021.
Biography
Guy Oseary was born on October 3, 1 ...
, an independent Artists and Repertoire (A&R) representative in 1989.
Although Evil E's contribution to Ice-T's records became less prominent after 1993, he was still touring with Ice-T as late as 2018.
''Brothers'' track listing
#"Cum' On" – 4:33
#"Lil Trig" – 4:43
#"I Ain't Seen Nuttin'" – 4:09
#"Open Your Eyes" – 5:05
#"Brothers" – 4:52
#"Mama's Baybe" – 3:36
#"He Say She Say" – 4:13
#"Who's That" – 5:04
#"If U Were Mine" – 4:53
#"Wanted Her" – 4:46
#"Guess Who?" – 4:08
#"Hermana Tan Linda" – 3:55
References
External links
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DJ Evil E Interviewat
NAMM Oral History Collection (2020)
1964 births
Living people
American hip-hop DJs
American people of Honduran descent
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