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Attrell Cordes
American rapper
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Attrell "Prince Be" Cordes (left) with his cousin Doc. G (right) performing in 2006 | |
| Birth name | Attrell Stephen Cordes Jr. |
| Also known as | Prince Be Prince Be The Nocturnal |
| Born | (1970-05-15)May 15, 1970 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 2016(2016-06-17) (aged 46) Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1988–2016 |
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| Formerly of | P.M. Dawn |
Musical artist
Attrell Stephen Cordes Jr. (May 15, 1970 – June 17, 2016)[1], also known by the stage name Prince Be, was an American rapper, musician, singer and record producer. Cordes was the lead vocalist of the hip hop group P.M. Dawn, which he formed in 1988 with his brother, Jarrett Cordes, also known by DJ Minutemix.[1][2][3][4][5] Cordes, as the frontman and lyricist for P.M. Dawn, became known for blending rap with singing, as well as ethereal beats and aspects of mysticis
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Attrell ‘Prince Be’ Cordes, P.M. Dawn Rapper, Dead at 46
Attrel “Prince Be” Cordes, founding member of the chart-topping hip-hop duo P.M. Dawn, died Friday in a New Jersey hospital following a battle with renal kidney disease. He was 46. A representative for the group confirmed Cordes’ death to People.
“Prince Be Rest In Peace forever more, Pain from Diabetes can’t harm you anymore,” Cordes’ cousin and P.M. Dawn member Doc G wrote on the group’s Facebook page following Cordes’ death. “My Heart is at Peace B-Cuz U suffered so long, Tell Grandma I said Hi & Stay Blisstatic & Strong.”
Formed by brothers Attrel and Jarrett “DJ Minutemix” Cordes in their native Jersey City, New Jersey in 1988, P.M. Dawn became only the third hip-hop act ever – and first black rappers – to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991 with their single “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss,” which revolved around a sample of Spandau Ballet’s “True.” The band’s c
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P.M. Dawn Biography
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Musical group
P.M. Dawn enjoyed some impressive pop-music success in the 1990s with the hippie-style, radio-friendly, peace-and-love rap songs of Prince Be and D. J. Minutemix. The unusual samples and gliding melodies from these two young New Jersey musician-brothers were showcased in their 1991 hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," from their platinum-selling debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul, and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. Pegged as the harbinger of a new kind of psychedelic rap, the brothers were sometimes ridiculed by more hardcore rappers, but their crossover success broke new ground for black acts in American pop music. Grouping P.M. Dawn with such others as De La Soul and Arrested Development, Jay Lustig of Newark, New Jersey's Star-Ledger described the group as "philosophical instead of macho," adding that they "described what was going on in their minds rather than in the streets." Lustig noted that P.M. Dawn's "music wasn't harsh and spare, like most rap, but lush and dreamy, based more in gospel and soul
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