Birth name Dana McLeese Website www.danadane.com Instruments Rapping Name Dana Dane | Years active 1985–present Genres Hip hop music Associated acts Slick Rick | |
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Role Hip-hop artist · danadane.com Albums Dana Dane with Fame, Rollin' wit Dana Dane, Dana Dane 4 Ever, Best of Dana Dane Movies Whatz Really Hood: Vol. 5, Through the Years of Hip-Hop: Vol. 1: Graffiti Record labels Profile Records, Maverick Records, Arista Records, Warner Bros. Records, Bertelsmann Music Group Similar People Hurby Azor, Madonna, Ice‑T, Adam F | ||
Dana dane on spittin in da wip
Dana McLeese (born September 6, 1965) better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American rapper known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.
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- Dana dane on spittin in da wip
- Dana dane the prime expressions instrumental boom bap underground hip hop
- Early life
- Recording artist
- Beyond rapping
- Albums
- Compilation Album
- References
Dana dane the prime expressions instrumental boom bap underground hip hop
Early life
McLeese was born in the Walt Whitman housing project in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Recording artist
Dana Dane's career began as part of the Kangol Crew with fellow rapper Slick Rick, to whom he sounded markedly similar, although Slick Rick's English lilt was actually genuine. After graduating from high school, he signed with Profile record label in 1985.
Dana Dane's debut album, Dana Dane with Fame, peaked at #46 on the Billboard album chart and was certified gold. His debut single was "Nightmare". His biggest hit in the United States was "Cinderfella Dana Dane", which peaked at #11 on Billboard magazine's R&B charts in 1987. Cheryl Green from Queens, NY sang backup. He was among Profile Records’s core artists, then recorded briefly for Rap-A-Lot Records but did not release anything on that label. He released his last album in 1995 on Maverick Records.
Beyond rapping
Dane operated a clothing boutique in New York City in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He is an on-air host for Sirius/XM Satellite Radio on its classic hip-hop channel BackSpin.
In 2009, he released his first novel, Numbers (One World/Ballantine/Random House ISBN 978-0-345-50605-4).