Donald D first exploded on the scene with Afrika Islam and The Zulu nation.<\/p>\n
He built his rep on the streets as a storytelling MC, but still had the freestyle skills.<\/p>\n
Donald D\u2019s big break in the recording industry came when as a mc on the Zulu beats radio show with Afrika Islam. That was where C.E.O Vincent Davis of Vintertainment records first heard his rhyme skills, and offered him a record deal.<\/p>\n
He recorded his first song \u201cRock the House\u201d with the group The B-Boys<\/a> with DJ Chuck Chillout.\u00a0 The song got little airplay, but was a big hit with the breakdancers and pop lockers.<\/p>\n The second single \u201cStick up kid b\/w Girls\u201d along with rap partner Brother-B became another underground hit.<\/p>\n This led to tours with Doug E Fresh<\/a> and The Boogie Boys<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unhappy with the way business was being ran with Vintertainment, the group cut ties with the label. Donald then recorded with the label Rockin Hard Records, a small company with no promotional push.\u00a0 The song \u201cOutlaw b\/w Dope Jam\u201d got major play on the mix shows and college radio.<\/p>\n Donald D got a call from West Coast pioneer Ice-T to record a song for the album \u201cRhyme Syndicate – Comin Through\u201d. He flew to LA, did the song, came back to NYC for a short time before moving back to LA<\/p>\n He teamed up with Ice-T and became his right hand man going on to co-write many songs on his albums. That led to his debut album titled \u201cNotorious\u201d which was released on Sony records.<\/p>\n Donald D second album \u201cLet the Horns Blow\u201d was released on Warner\u00a0Brothers\u00a0Records outside the US.\u00a0 It blew up all over Japan and Europe leading to major tours overseas.<\/p>\n He had just finished his video for the song \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Smoke Him\u201d for the \u201cTrespass\u201d movie soundtrack. The future was looking bright but when it came time to release the album in the US, Donald got caught in the cross fire of the Ice-T \u201cCop Killer\u201d drama.<\/p>\n When the smoke finally cleared Warner Brothers dropped Ice, Donald, and the rest of the Rhyme Syndicate artists. At that point he decided to break away from the Syndicate, and establish his own identity in the entertainment biz. He went on to act in the gospel play \u201cFaith-n-Temptation\u201d where he got very good reviews.<\/p>\n He would go on to do his first movie \u201cBang\u201d with Polygram films.<\/p>\n With music being his first love he returned to the studio doing tracks with Martika, mambo hit maker Lou Bega, DJ Yutaka and many other Japanese artists.<\/p>\n Donald is also recording under the name Don Chico with rap partner Prophet and the name Donde.<\/p>\n In the summer of 2003 he released and EP entitled “Hip Hop – The Return of the Culture”.\u00a0 He does a track with Grandmaster Caz<\/a> called “Right Now”.<\/p>\nCheck out “The Groove”<\/h3>\n