D-Dot

Deric Michael Angelettie (born July 31, 1968), better known by his stage name D-Dot (also known as Mad Rapper, The Madd Rapper, Papa Dot, and D.O.P.), is an American music producer, songwriter, artist, manager, and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. He is a three-time Grammy Award Nominee and NARAS Award winner for "Producer of The Year" in 1998.
He created the character, Mad Rapper (who made his debut on Notorious B.I.G.'s LP, Life After Death), and released an album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, on his Crazy Cat Catalogue record label distributed by Columbia Records in 2000. The album featured up and coming rapper 50 Cent on the song "How To Rob" and also introduced a young producer/rapper, Kanye West, whom D-Dot also managed and mentored.

Born and raised an only child in Brooklyn, New York in 1968 to an African-American father Eric Angelettie and a Puerto Rican mother Dr. Noemi Angelettie.

He is married to Lisa Angelettie and has four daughters, Alexis, Autumn, Ali and Ava.

While attending Howard University from 1986 to 1989, Angelettie and his friend Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence formed the conscious rap duo Two Kings in a Cipher. In 1990, the duo signed a recording deal to Bahia/RCA Records. In 1991, they released their debut album From Pyramids to Projects.

D-Dot joined Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993 and was director of management and merchandising. D-Dot also managed Mary J. Blige from 1994 to 1996.

From 1996 to 1998, he was the "Captain" of Sean "Diddy" Combs' producing team: The Hitmen. As a producer, D-Dot produced and wrote multi-platinum songs for legendary artists such as Jay Z, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, 50 Cent among many others. He produced and wrote mega hits such as Diddy's "It's All About The Benjamins". D-Dot has sold over 30 million records as a producer, songwriter and artist.

Bad Boy Entertainment

In 1993 Sean "Puffy" Combs left his post as V.P. of A&R for Uptown Records to start his own imprint, Bad Boy Entertainment. Angelettie joined Combs' team and help build his new label. In a 3-year span, Angelettie went from intern, to director of merchandising and management, to booking shows for artists Craig Mack and Notorious B.I.G., to managing R&B diva Mary J. Blige on her My Life Tour, to becoming the head of Bad Boy's A&R Department as Vice-President, and then finally in 1996 becoming the "captain" of The Hitmen — Bad Boy's inhouse production team.

In 1997, Angelettie produced multi-platinum albums for The Notorious B.I.G. (Life After Death, 1997), Puff Daddy (No Way Out, 1997) Mase (Harlem World, 1997) Faith Evans (Keep the Faith, 1998) and The Lox (Money, Power & Respect, 1998). In 1998, Angelettie executive produced the multi-platinum debut album for artist Black Rob, Life Story, which spawned the major radio hit "Whoa!". In 2004, Angelettie executive produced Bad Boy's new group: Da Band and was featured on MTV's reality show Making The Band 1 & 2 and in 2005 executive produced Black Rob's second LP, The Black Rob Report.

As a producer, Angelettie's credits also include songs for artists: Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Kim, Nas and Nicki Minaj and has managed other artists such as Kanye West.

The Madd Rapper

The Mad Rapper made his debut on a skit on The Notorious B.I.G.'s second LP (Life After Death) in 1997. Angelettie's alter ego released his debut album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, on his own Crazy Cat Catalogue Label in 2000. The album featured guest appearances from Puff Daddy, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Jermaine Dupri, Lil' Cease. The album also introduced a young rapper by the name of 50 Cent and a producer by the name of Kanye West.

On November 19, 1998, Angelettie was charged with participating in the assault of Blaze Magazine editor Jesse Washington. Washington claimed that the assault was made because he published a photograph (taken with Angelettie's consent) that revealed The Madd Rapper's identity, which up until that time had been concealed from the general public but widely known in the music industry. The editor and Angelettie settled out of court.

1990-1996

• Rakim "Build And Destroy" (Universal)
• Salt 'N' Pepa (MCA)
• Positive K "I Got A Man" (Remix)

1997-1999

• The Notorious B.I.G.: "Life After Death" (Bad Boy)
  • "Hypnotize" (Featuring Pam from Total) (Produced with Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
  • "The World is Filled" (Featuring Too Short, Puff Daddy, Carl Thomas) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
• Puff Daddy & The Family: "No Way Out" (Bad Boy)
  • "Do You Know" (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • "Been Around The World" (Featuring Mase & The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • "It's All About the Benjamins" (Featuring The Lox, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.)
• LL Cool J: "Phenomenon" (Def Jam)
  • "Hot, Hot, Hot" (Produced by Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Co-Produced By D-Dot and Ed Logan)
• Mase: "Harlem World" (BadBoy)
  • "Feel So Good" (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • "24 Hrs. to Live" (Featuring The Lox, DMX & Black Rob) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick & Carlos Broady)
  • "I Need To Be" (Featuring Monifah) (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
  • "Do You Wanna Get $" (Featuring Kelis & Puff Daddy) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
• Jay-Z: "In My Lifetime Vol. 1" (Roc-A-Fella)
  • "Give It Up" (Featuring Lil' Kim) (Produced with Lantz "Wet" Mitchell)
• Busta Rhymes: "Extinction Level Event" (Elektra)
  • "Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce"
• Made Men: "Classic Limited Edition" (Priority)
  • "Just You and I"
  • "Is It You? (Deja Vu) (Remix) (Featuring Big Pun, Cardan, Mase)
• Foxy Brown: "Chyna Doll" (Def Jam)
  • "My Life"
• Jermaine Dupri: "Life in 1472" (So So Def)
  • "Get Your Shit Right" (Featuring DMX, Madd Rapper)
  • "All That's Got To Go" (Featuring Da Brat)
• The Lox: "Money, Power & Respect" (Bad Boy)
  • "Yonkers Tale (Intro)" (Featuring Carl Thomas)
  • "Money, Power & Respect" (Featuring DMX, Lil' Kim) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
  • "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • "Bitches from Eastwick" (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
  • "All For The Love" (Additional Production)
  • "Everybody Wanna Rat" (Additional Production)
  • "Shorty (You Keep Playin with My Mind)" (Featuring Keith Murray)
• "Have Plenty Soundtrack" (Yab Yum)
  • Queen Pen & Tracey Lee: "Rock The Body"
• Harlem World: "Harlem World" (All Out/So So Def/Columbia)
  • "Cali Chronic" (Featuring Snoop Dogg)
• Total: "Keisha, Kima, and Pam" (Bad Boy)
  • "Sitting Home" (Produced with Garrett Blake as Blake Melodeus)
• Goodie Mob: "World Party" (LaFace)
  • "Rebuilding"
  • "Chain Swang"
• The Notorious B.I.G.: "Born Again" (BadBoy)
  • "Let Me Get Down" (Featuring Missy Elliott, Craig Mack & G-Dep)
  • " If I Should Die Before I Wake" (Featuring Beanie Sigel, Ice Cube & Black Rob) (Produced with Coptic & Charlemagne)
• Puff Daddy: "Forever" (Bad Boy)
  • "Real Niggas" (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil' Kim)
• Mase: "Double Up" (Bad Boy)
• 50 Cent: "Power of the Dollar"
  • "How to Rob"

2000-2010

• Madd Rapper: "Tell 'Em Why U Madd" (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
  • "Dot VS TMR"
  • "You're All Alone" (Featuring Picasso Black)
  • "That's What's Happening" (Featuring Tracey Lee & Mase)
  • "How We Do" (Featuring Puff Daddy)
  • "Stir Crazy" (Featuring Eminem)
  • "Ghetto" (Featuring Raekwon & Carl Thomas)
  • "Surviving The Game" (Featuring Desert Roze)
  • "Bongo Break" (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
  • "Whateva" (Featuring Picasso Black & Fierce)
  • "They Just Don't Know" (Featuring Black Rob & Nature (artist))
  • "Esta Loca" (Featuring The Beatnuts & Rambo)
  • "They Just Know" (Featuring Black Rob & Nature)
  • "Shysty Broads" (Featuring Babe Blue)
  • "Wildside" (Featuring Desert Roze)
• Carl Thomas: "Emotional" (Bad Boy)
  • "Special Lady" (Produced with Garrett Blake Smith)
• Black Rob: "Life Story" (BadBoy)
  • "Lookin' at Us" (Featuring Cee-Lo) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)
  • "Jasmine" (Featuring Carl Thomas) (Produced with Edward Logan)
  • "Can I Live?" (Featuring The Lox)
  • "PD World Tour" (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Charlemagne)
  • "B.R." (Featuring G-Dep) (Produced with Black Rob)
• Da Brat: "Unrestricted" (So So Def)
  • "Hands In The Air" (Featuring Mystikal)
• Lil' Kim: "Notorious K.I.M." (Atlantic)
  • "Don't Mess With Me" (Produced by Kanye West, Co-Produced by D-Dot, Edward Logan, Detroit Sony)
• Benzino: "The Benzino Project" (Motown)
  • "Who Is Benzino?" (Featuring Puff Daddy)
• Nas: "The Lost Tapes" (Columbia)
  • "Poppa Was a Playa" (Co-Produced by Kanye West)
• Lady May "MayDay" (Crazy Cat)
  • "The Dick & the Dough"
• P. Diddy: "We Invented The Remix" (Bad Boy)
  • The Notorious B.I.G.: "Notorious" (Featuring Lil' Kim, P. Diddy)
• Mary J. Blige: "Love & Life" (Geffen)
  • "Don't Go" (Produced with P. Diddy)
• Da Band "Too Hot 4 TV" (Bad Boy)
  • "Cheers 2 Me" (Featuring Fonzworth Bentley)
• Beanie Sigel: "State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. 2" (Roc-A-fella)
  • "It's On" (Featuring Jay-Z)
• DJ Kay Slay "Street Sweeper Vol. 1" (Columbia)
  • "Stars" (Featuring Black Rob, G-Dep, Craig Mack)
• Carl Thomas: "Let's Talk About It" (Bad Boy)
  • "Let's Talk About it"
• 8 Ball & MJG: "Livin' Legends" (Bad Boy)
  • "Gangsta"
• Black Rob: "The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)
  • "B.L.A.C.K."
  • "Y'all Know Who Killed 'Em" (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • "Help Me Out"
  • "Fire In Da Hole" (Featuring Ness)
• The Notorious B.I.G. "Duets: The Final Chapter" (Bad Boy/WB)
  • "I'm With Whateva" (Featuring Jim Jones (rapper), Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana)
  • "What's Goin' On" (Featuring Black Rob)
• Labba - "Untitled LP" (Jive)
  • "What Is It?
• Danity Kane: "Danity Kane" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
  • "Press Pause" (Produced with Ed LoganMario Winans)
• The Madd Rapper: "Still Mad"
• The Madd Rapper: "Drama - Gangsta Grillz The Album"
• Mario Winans: "Love's Highway" (featuring The Game)
• The Madd Rapper: "Brooklyn Let's Go, Pt. 1" (featuring Red Cafe, Maino, Wais P, Papoose & Joell Ortiz)
• Heltah Skeltah: "Intro" (featuring DonRocko, BummyFlyJab, Alkatraz)

2011-Present

• DJ Kay Slay: "Get Lifted" (featuring Memphis Bleek, Young Chris, Murda Mook & T-Rex) off The Last Hip Hop Disciple
• Ricky Shakes: "Glomping with the Lads"

• Emi (May 8, 2014). "DJ Kay Slay – The Last Hip Hop Disciple". Hear That First. Retrieved May 10, 2014.