M-Doc is a rap artist and producer who was signed to

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in the 1990s. He scored minor chart success with the singles "Free" and "

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" featuring Chantay Savage. He is currently the president of Indasoul Entertainment.

Career

Williams grew up on the South Side of

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and graduated from Whitney Young High School in 1987, where he played basketball and was nicknamed "Doc", because he liked NBA basketball star

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. Williams stated that he started off with a group of friends on the South Side, and used to go to his basement, where his father had enough equipment to get some beats together. They made eight different songs, put them on tape, and sold them at their high schools by hand. The group was called "BP3", because all three members were basketball players. Local producer Steve "Silk" Hurley heard one of the tapes, and the two collaborated to record "It's Percussion", with Hurley handling the music and Williams billed as "M-Doc" for the first time, rapping. The single came out on London's Jack Trax Records. He then signed with

and released his first album, ''Universal Poet'', in 1991, which featured two singles "Are U Wid It?" (which sampled Prince's "

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") and "Whatever U Need". He then signed with

and released his second album, ''M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On'' in 1995, which featured "

" featuring Chantay Savage, and another single "Like 'Em Like That (Guess I'm Just a Freak)". In 1996, he produced music in the Midway video game NBA Hangtime. In 1998, he released his third and final album ''

Young, Black, Rich and Famous ''Young, Black, Rich and Famous'' is the third album by the rap artist, producer and songwriter M-Doc. The set felt somewhere between rap and R&B, and its ambitions were probably best realized on the lead single, which was a cover of the Deniec ...

'', which included "Free"(a

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song) featuring Cristina Sanchez. In the late 1990s, he produced remixes for Madonna,

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. ''

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'' called him "one of the R&B worlds top remixers." Also,

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who sung background vocals on one of his tracks on his third album ("Keep It Real").

Discography

Albums

*''Universal Poet'' (1991) *''M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On'' (1995) *''

'' (1998)

Singles

*It's Percussion (1988) *Are U Wid It? (1991) *Whatever U Need (1992) *

(1994) * Like 'Em Like That (Guess I'm Just A Freak) (1995) *Free (1998)

References

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