Felton Pilate
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Felton C. Pilate II is an American
singer, songwriter
, multi-instrumentalist
, and record producer
known as a member of the 1970s and 1980s funk
/R&B band Con Funk Shun
, and as a collaborator with rapper MC Hammer
. Pilate's joint effort with Hammer sold over 30 million albums from 1989 to 1992, including the album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990).
United States
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singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
, and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
known as a member of the 1970s and 1980s funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/R&B band Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun is an American R&B and funk band popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Influences include James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone.-History:...
, and as a collaborator with rapper MC Hammer
MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage name MC Hammer , is an American rapper, entertainer, business entrepreneur, dancer and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s...
. Pilate's joint effort with Hammer sold over 30 million albums from 1989 to 1992, including the album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990).