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MC Ren

LC control no.no2004121959
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Personal name headingMC Ren
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Variant(s)Lorenzo X (Musician)
Ren, MC
Patterson, Lorenzo
See alsoCorporate body: N.W.A. (Musical group)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedCalifornia
Birth date1969-06-14
1969-06-16
Place of birthCompton (Calif.)
Field of activityGangsta rap (Music) Hip-hop (Music)
Profession or occupationRappers Disc jockeys
Sound recording executives and producers
Found inThe N.W.A. legacy. Volume 1, 1999: container (MC Ren)
All music guide WWW site, October 21, 2021 (MC Ren; Lorenzo Patterson; born June 14, 1969 in Compton, CA; member of N.W.A.)
   <https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mc-ren-mn0000401512>
Wikipedia, October 21, 2021 (MC Ren; Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California; by the end of 1987... he became a member of N.W.A.; known as Lorenzo X; Patterson popularized the sub-genre of gangsta rap and West Coast hip hop)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Ren>
OCLC database, December 17, 2004 (hdgs.: MC Ren; MC Ren (Musician))
US copyright file, October 15, 2021 (Lorenzo Patterson, 1969- (MC Ren, pseud.))