Biography
Feel-good rapper Devin Copeland — better referred to as Devin the Dude — was created in Pontiac, Michigan, but raised in Florida and Tx. As a kid, he returned and forth from New Boston and Houston and lastly settled within the last mentioned after he graduated senior high school. In the past due ’80s, Devin fulfilled Rob Goal, a blind rapper and manufacturer who was section of a Houston staff known as the Coughee Brothas. Down the road, the duo produced a group called the Unusual Squad and recruited Devin’s longtime friend Jugg Mugg and an area DJ called DJ Screw. Screw (who was simply later changed by DJ Designs) took the group’s demonstration tape to Rap-A-Lot Information CEO Adam Smith, who quickly agreed upon the group in 1992. Their debut record, Fadanuf fa Erybody!!, premiered in 1994 with “I CANNOT VIEW IT” because the business lead one and video. Although hip-hop supporters praised your time and effort put out with the Unusual Squad, their record had not been as commercially effective because they hoped. As the group returned to the sketching plank, Rap-A-Lot franchise musician Scarface contacted Devin to be always a section of his brand-new group, Facemob. Facemob released one record in 1996, The Various other Side of regulations, after which broke up because of internal problems. At the moment, Devin made a decision to focus on his debut single record, The Dude, by using Smith and Scarface. The Dude premiered in 1998 with without any video and small radio enjoy. The Dude was a smoothed-out, funk-laden record and an ode to wines, females, and weed. Irrespective, the record built a big underground following and also caught the eye of veteran hip-hop manufacturer Dr. Dre. He approached Devin in 1999 and asked him to be always a area of the 2001 record on the monitor “Fuck You.” This one appearance produced Devin a sizzling hot commodity, gaining him performances on music with De La Spirit, Raphael Saadiq, experienced rap group UGK, along with a single monitor over the Oz soundtrack. His expected sophomore LP, Simply Tryin’ ta Live, premiered in the summertime of 2002 and presented looks from Nas, Xzibit, and Raphael Saadiq with creation from Dre, DJ Leading, and his Coughee Brothas. To tha X-Treme came two years later on and was adopted in 2007 by Waiting around to Inhale, his 1st recording to crack the very best 40 on Billboard’s recording graph. A year later on, Landing Equipment became his 1st recording for the Razor & Tie up label. Suite #420 adopted this year 2010 and got the honor to be released within the stoner’s vacation of Apr 20th. His seventh LP, Gotta Become Me, arrived later on that yr. In 2013, Devin released One for the street (eOne). His eighth full-length came into the very best 50 from the Billboard R&B/hip-hop graph. In 2017, he came back using the collaborative solitary “Smoke beside me,” with rapper Crim Dela Crim. He also released the Acoustic Levitation recording, which was along with a tour of the same name.
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Dancing with the Stars | 2014 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Silicon Valley | 2014 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Baby Boy | 2001 | performer: "Just a Man" / writer: "Just a Man" - as Devin Copeland | |
Big Momma's House | 2000 | performer: "I Want to Kiss You" - as Devin | |
High School High | 1996 | writer: "Skrilla" - as D. Copeland |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Somebody's Darling | 2016 | Party person | |
Highway | 2012 | ||
Potluck | 2010/I | Short | Stoner 3 |
Self Helpless | 2010 | The Dude |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Destiny | 2014 | Video short |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Mics on Fire | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
Klub Kush DVD Magazine: Vol. 2 | 2010 | Video | Himself |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Scarface: Greatest Hits on DVD | 2003 | Video | Himself (segment "Sex Faces" |
Adventures of Dennis Da Menace: South Beach | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
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