The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Paris (Musician)

LC control no.n 92025868
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingParis (Musician)
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Jackson, Oscar, Jr., 1967-
Birth date1967-10-29
Place of birthSan Francisco (Calif.)
Field of activityRap (Music)
AffiliationUniversity of California, Davis
Profession or occupationRap musicians
Found inHis The devil made me do it [SR] p1990: label (Paris)
allmusic.com, accessed 2 December 2015: (in California, Paris earned a degree in economics from the University of California-Davis (near the San Francisco Bay Area); but hip-hop appealed to him more, and he founded his own record label, Scarface. His debut album, The Devil made me do it, was released in 1990. Paris completed the follow-up album Sleeping with the enemy in 1992; however ... Tommy Boy refused to release it, citing the anti-George Bush track Bush killa. In 2003, Paris resurfaced with Sonic Jihad, which he released through his new label, Guerrilla Funk Recordings. Paris continued producing music for other artists as well as Hollywood films, and released his seventh solo album, Pistol politics, in 2015.)
Wikipedia.org, accessed 2 December 2015: (Oscar Jackson, Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.)
Associated languageeng