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Birth name |
Craig Jamieson Mack |
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Also known as |
MC EZ |
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Born |
May 10, 1970 |
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Origin |
Long Island, New York, U.S. |
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Died |
March 12, 2018 (aged 47) |
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Genre |
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Occupation |
Rapper, record producer |
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Years active |
1988-2006, 2012-2018 |
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Label(s) |
Bad Boy, Street Life |
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Associated acts |
Sean Combs, Easy Mo Bee, MC EZ & Troup, The Notorious B.I.G. |
Craig Jamieson Mack (May 10, 1970 - March 12, 2018) was an American rapper and record producer from Long Island, New York. He gained fame in the mid-1990s on Puff Daddy's label Bad Boy Records, mainly due to the success of his single "Flava in Ya Ear". The remix of the single featured the breakout appearance of The Notorious B.I.G., as well as one of the first solo appearances by Busta Rhymes. The single was certified Platinum on September 15, 1994. The albums second single Get Down was also successful being certified Gold. The release of Mack's debut album Project: Funk da World in 1994 was greatly overshadowed by the release of B.I.G.'s album Ready to Die, which was released one week earlier. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 22, 1995. On October 16th, 2020 the album had been certified Platinum for sales of over 1,000,000 copies sold in the United States.
Mack released a second album, Operation: Get Down, in 1997 on another record label, but it did not have any charting singles and failed to do well commercially or critically. Mack disappeared from the hip hop scene a couple of years after the release of the album.
From 2012, Mack resided in the Overcomer Ministry located in Walterboro, South Carolina. On 12 March 2018, Mack died from heart failure at a hospital near his home.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- 1994: Project: Funk da World: Platinum
- 1997: Operation: Get Down: 240,000