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Deric Michael Angelettie (born July 31, 1968), otherwise known as D-Dot, Papa Dot, and the Madd Rapper, is an American artist, music producer, songwriter, TV & film producer and entrepreneur. He is the winner of The Grammy's NARAS Governor's New Horizon Award for "Producer Of The Year" in 1998 and an BMI Urban Award winner in 2001. He has Executive Produced and A&R'd two Grammy nominated albums and one Grammy winning album for Best Rap Album, No Way Out by Puff Daddy & The Family.While attending Howard University in the late 80ʼs, D-Dot and Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence, formed the conscious rap duo Two Kings In A Cipher and in 1991 released their debut album "From Pyramids to Projects" on Bahia/RCA. D-Dot was the "Captain" of Sean “Puffy” Combsʼ, Badboy Entertainmentʼs producing team: The Hitmen. As a producer, D-Dot produced songs for artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent among others. He produced mega hits such as The Notorious B.I.G.ʼs "Hypnotize" and Diddyʼs "It's All About The Benjamins". D-Dot has sold over 50 million records as a producer, songwriter, and artist. He created the character, The Madd Rapper, who made his debut on the Notorious B.I.G.'s LP, Life After Death LP in 1997. Angelettie released a Mad Rapper album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, in 2000 through his label, Crazy Cat Catalogue distributed through Columbia/Sony Records in 2000. The album featured the up and coming rapper 50 Cent on the song "How To Rob". The Tell 'Em Why U Madd LP also introduced a new, young producer by the name of Kanye West, who D-Dot also managed and mentored. Crazy Cat Catalogue music label is currently distributed through The Orchard/Sony Music Distribution. D-Dot has appeared on and produced the title song for MTVʼs reality show Making The Band 1 & 2. He has co-hosted the television show Hip-Hop Hold 'Em on the UPN and was the "Music Consultant" for the "Notorious" movie on Fox/Searchlight Pictures - 2009. Angelettie owns and runs Angelettie Global LLC. Companies under Angelettie Global are Crazy Cat Catalogue record label, Connect The Dots Consulting, LLC., a management and strategy company and Crazy Cat Cinemas, a film production company. Angelettie is an Executive Producer for the show "Rules To This $hit" released on Complex/BET/Viacom Network in 2018, and is an Associate Producer on the film Steps-The Movie, Executive Produced by Shaquille OʼNeal that is currently on streaming platforms.

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