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Dario Rodriguez better known by his stage name

Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...

Skitzo and various other names including "Frenyc", "Rod Rhaspy", "Odd One" and "Justin Zaine", is a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

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...

/rapper of Puerto Rican

Puerto Rican people

A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...

descent and CEO of Frenyc Entertainment. He is best known for his work on Cam'Ron

Cam'ron

Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

's album Purple Haze
Purple Haze (album)
Purple Haze is the fourth studio album by Harlem rapper Cam'ron. It was released on December 7, 2004. The release of this album was delayed several times from November 2003, the first single "Get Em Girls" was released a year prior to the actual album release...

Get 'Em Girls and co-production of Juelz Santana

Juelz Santana

LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...

's Mic Check
Mic Check
"Mic Check" is the first single by rapper Juelz Santana from his second studio album What the Game's Been Missing!.The song samples "The Roots Mural Theme" by Quincy Jones.-Charts:...

.

Career

Influenced by Timbaland

Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....

and Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...

because of their diversity and knowledge in music, he was determined to become a great producer. Wanting to have a unique name that people would remember and how the music would sound, he chose Skitzo because he performed voice overs. He has shown his talent in every track he makes, diverse and intense. At the age of 15-years-old he produced his first beat for 2 way Alerts in 1997. In 2001, he was featured on the mixtape "We Bare Armz" by Loose Cannon and Bazaar Royale.

In 2002, he turned heads when he appeared on 106 & Park

106 & Park

106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...

's "Freestyle Friday" battling against rapper Jin

Jin (rapper)

Jin Au-Yeung , who performs under the stage name MC Jin, is a Hong Kong hip hop rapper, songwriter, and actor. Growing up in the Miami, Florida area, and later living in New York City, he decided to reside permanently in his motherland, Hong Kong...

and lost in a unanimous decision. Skitzo was up first to battle and pulled out a picture of an Asian girl, joking that it was Jin's sister. He also produced several other props including a battery, suggesting that he prepared his lyrics before the battle which likely greatly increased his odds of losing.

While working for Def Jam street team for six months and stopping by the office, he knew a Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

native, rapper, J. R. Writer who was an influential person to his success. J. R. Writer was with the Diplomats and allowed Cam'Ron

Cam'ron

Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

to hear his beat, which resulted in a gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

album for "Get 'Em Girls".

Skitzo has his own production label called Frenyc Productions and in 2006 he produced "The Best Out", by the Diplomats which is featured on Fight Night: Round 3

Fight Night: Round 3

Fight Night Round 3 is a boxing video game developed by EA Sports. It is the sequel to EA Sports' previous boxing title, Fight Night Round 2, which was released in 2005. Fight Night Round 3 was released on February 22, 2006 for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2...

by EA Sports

EA Sports

EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...

.

Skitzo then went on to produce the majority of tracks on Cam'Ron

Cam'ron

Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

next album which was to be titled "Public Enemy #1.", but later changed to, and officially released as "Crime Pays".

Skitzo is now currently co-owner of DOLLABILLKIDZ INC, a Production corp which includes a collection of top notch producers and songwriters

Production credits

Loose Cannon and Bazaar Royale Bloodline Records Mixtape, 2001

"We Bare Armz"

Cam'Ron
Cam'ron
Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

- Purple Haze
Purple Haze
"Purple Haze" is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It appeared on their 1967 album Are You Experienced...

, 2004

"Intro"
"Get 'Em Girls"
"Family Ties" (feat. Nicole Wray
Nicole Wray
Nicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...

)

Purple City - Diplomats Vol. 5, 2004

"Diamonds and Pearls"
"Halftime Show"
"Sesame Street Shop"

Jim Jones
Jim Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...

- On My Way To Church
On My Way to Church
On My Way to Church is the debut album by rapper Jim Jones. It was released on August 24, 2004. The album debuted at #18 on the Billboard 200 with 44,000 copies sold in the first week released.-Tracks:...

, 2004

"Let's ride" (feat. J. R. Writer)

Dipset/Byrd Gang Volume 1: All Eyes On Zeke, 2004

"Cross the Line" (feat. N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

)

The Diplomats
The Diplomats
The Diplomats, also popularly known as Dipset, are a Harlem-based hip hop group founded by Cam'ron and Jim Jones in 1997. The original members of the group were Cam'ron, Freekey Zekey, and Jim Jones ; who all grew up together in Harlem...

- Diplomatic Immunity 2, 2004

"I Wanna Be Your Lady" (feat. Nicole Wray
Nicole Wray
Nicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...

) Co-produced with The Heatmakerz
The Heatmakerz
The Heatmakerz is a hip-hop production duo, originally from Kingston, Jamaica, now living in New York. The duo, consisting of Rsonist and Thrilla , rose to fame after providing beats to various releases of The Diplomats. The bulk of albums like Diplomatic Immunity and Juelz Santana's debut From Me...

Dipset/Byrdgang Vol. 2: The New Season, 2004

"Roll It Up" (feat. Agallah
Agallah
Agallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name...

& Shiest Purple City)

Hoodlife CD - Various Artists, 2004

"Intro" (feat. Damon Dash
Damon Dash
__NOINDEX__...

& Nova
Nova
A nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a star caused by the accretion of hydrogen on to the surface of a white dwarf star, which ignites and starts nuclear fusion in a runaway manner...

)

"The Best Out"
"Open Your Eyes" Produced by John Dolo
"If Only You Believe"

Welcome to Frenycville CD/DVD, 2005

Juelz Santana
Juelz Santana
LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...

- Back Like Cooked Crack 2: More Crack , 2005

"Slow Down"

DJ Kay Slay
DJ Kay Slay
DJ Kay Slay is an American hip hop deejay. He was referred to by the New York Times as "Hip Hop's One-Man Ministry of Insults". He has sold 350,000 copies of his two official albums.-Early life:...

& Papoose
Papoose (rapper)
Shamele Mackie , better known by his stage name Papoose , is an American rapper.-Biography:Born March 5, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York City by Sierra Leone and Native American parents, Papoose made his first attempts at rapping at the age of 7. He was given his name by his grandma Vivian because of...

- Menace II Society PT. 2, 2005

"Raised With Them Gangstas" (feat. Styles P., Jadakiss
Jadakiss
Jason Phillips , better known as Jadakiss, is an American rapper. He is a member of the group The LOX. Jadakiss is one of the three owners of the imprint known as D-Block. In early 2007, Jadakiss signed to Roc-a-Fella Records / Def Jam Records.-Early life:By the age of 16, Jadakiss was a freestyle...

, Sheek Louch
Sheek Louch
Sean Divine Jacobs, better known as Sheek Louch , is an African American rapper and member of The LOX , along with Styles P and Jadakiss.-Personal life and career:...

, Black Rob
Black Rob
Black Rob is a rapper who was formerly signed to Bad Boy Records.-Music career:Black Rob began associating with the label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me"...

, McGruff, & Razah)

Papoose
Papoose (rapper)
Shamele Mackie , better known by his stage name Papoose , is an American rapper.-Biography:Born March 5, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York City by Sierra Leone and Native American parents, Papoose made his first attempts at rapping at the age of 7. He was given his name by his grandma Vivian because of...

- Street Sweepers presents Papoose: Moment of Silence, 2005

"Head of State" (feat. Saigon )

Juelz Santana
Juelz Santana
LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...

- What the Game's Been Missing!
What the Game's Been Missing!
What the Game's Been Missing! is the second studio album by rapper Juelz Santana. The album was released on November 22, 2005 on Diplomat Records and Def Jam Recordings...

, 2005

"Kid is Back" Co-produced with Soul Sizzle
"Mic Check" Co-produced with Neo Da Matrix
Neo Da Matrix
Neo Da Matrix is an American hip hop producer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but attended Stone Mountain High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He has worked with Swizz Beatz as an in-house producer for Ruff Ryders Entertainment and has produced for the likes of Cassidy...

J. R. Writer - Writers Block 2 , 2005

"Harder Than Ever" (feat. Hell Rell
Hell Rell
Durrell Mohammad, also known as Hell Rell, is anAmerican rapper, and a member of rap group The Diplomats.In 2007, he signed with Koch Records and began working on his debut album, For the Hell of It...

)

Young Gunz
Young Gunz
The Young Gunz is an American rap duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania composed of Young Chris and Neef Buck . The group is part of Beanie Sigel's State Property collective and was signed to Roc-A-Fella Records...

- Get in Where U Fit In, Vol. 2 , 2005

"One Love"

Jay Bezel
Jay Bezel
Jay Bezel, or Bezel, is a Philadelphia-born rapper. He also have lived in New York as well as Atlanta.Bezel started his career in Philly hitting the streets with mixtapes and doing local DVDs. He quickly made a name for himself. He later signed with Cam'ron and The Diplomats' label, Diplomat...

- Diplomats Present Jay Bezel: Philadelphia Beast Vol. 1, 2005

"Phat Bottom" (feat. Juelz Santana
Juelz Santana
LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...

)

"Ridin' Shotgun" (feat. Paul Wall
Paul Wall
Paul Michael Slayton , better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is an American rapper. He is currently affiliated with Swishahouse Records, having released several albums under the label as well as...

)

Cam'ron
Cam'ron
Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

Presents Duke da God Dipset - "The Movement Moves On" , 2006

"Losing My Love"

Hell Rell
Hell Rell
Durrell Mohammad, also known as Hell Rell, is anAmerican rapper, and a member of rap group The Diplomats.In 2007, he signed with Koch Records and began working on his debut album, For the Hell of It...

- "Streets Wanna Know", 2006

"Monsters Pt. 2"

"Intro"
"Calm Down"
"The Cycle's Sick"
"Let Me Know"
"Bum Bum" (feat. Penz)
"What You Know" (feat. Penz)
"Glitter" (feat. Penz)
"Trouble Makers" (feat. 40 Cal and Penz)
"Killa Penz" (feat. Penz)
"Curious" (feat. Penz)

"Line Up Part II"
"We In The Club Again" (feat. Jay Bezel
Jay Bezel
Jay Bezel, or Bezel, is a Philadelphia-born rapper. He also have lived in New York as well as Atlanta.Bezel started his career in Philly hitting the streets with mixtapes and doing local DVDs. He quickly made a name for himself. He later signed with Cam'ron and The Diplomats' label, Diplomat...

, Un Kasa)

40 Cal - Yellow Tape, 2008

"Hustle Skeme"

Crime Pays Intro"
Where I Know You From"
"Fuck Cam #1"
"Never Ever"
"Curve" (co-produced)
"Silky (No Homo)"
"Who"
"You Know What's Up" (feat. C.O. & Sky-Lyn)
"Fuck Cam #2"
"Woo Hoo" (feat. Byrd Lady & 40 Cal.)
"Cookies-N-Apple Juice" (feat. Byrd Lady & Skitzo)
"My Job"
"Homicide"
"Fuck Cam #3"
"Got It for Cheap" (feat. Skitzo)
"Get It Get It"
"Bottom of the Pussy"
"Fuck Cam #4"

DJ Drama
DJ Drama
Tyree Cinque Simmons better known as DJ Drama is an American hip hop artist and the official DJ for Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.....

- Gangsta Grillz- Boss of All Bosses 2, 2010

"Intro"
"Nothing Personal" (feat. Rod Rhaspy) No Production artist only

"Amber Lamps"
"Sorry"
"I don't believe n****s Cam'ron Vado ft. Fabolous

"Sextape" (feat. Felony Fame)

Vado
Vado
Teeyon Winfree, or best known as Vado, born on March 13, 1985, is an American rapper from Harlem, New York City. Vado is of Jamaican, St.Vincent and African American descent.-Career:...

- Slime Flu, 2010

"Yeah I'm Up" (feat. Jae Millz)
"Say Slime" (feat. Norega)

"Clap"
"Hey Muma"

"Momma on Ya" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy, Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones

Boss of All Bosses 2.8 road to 3.0 , 2011

"Star" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy, Vado, Jaz (artist only)

"Picture" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy, Vado, Jaz (artist only)

"All Around" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy, Jaz (artist only)

"Cold World" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy

"Key 2 Life" - Vado, (Co-Produced with BUTTER BEATS)

"Star" - Cam'ron Feat Rod Rhaspy, Vado, Jaz (artist only)

"Makeout"- Cam'ron Feat Jim Jones and Sen City

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