Clark Kent (producer)
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Super DJ Clark Kent (born Rodolfo Franklin) is a hip hop DJ, record producer and music executive. His crew of DJs is called "The Supermen", and his DJ moniker is derived from the name of Superman's alter ego.
The biggest hit he produced was "Loverboy" by Mariah Carey, which peaked at #2 in the US on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. He also produced tracks for artists such as Lil Kim, Notorious B.I.G., Canibus, Lil' Vicious, Mona Lisa and Rakim as well as groups such as The Future Sound and Original Flavor which included a then little known rapper called Jay-Z.
This would lead to further collaborations between the two, as Franklin would go on to produce three tracks on Jay-Z's critically accalimed debut album, Reasonable Doubt. The tracks were: "Brooklyn's Finest", which featured Notorious B.I.G., "Coming of Age" and "Cashmere Thoughts." On his (then) retirement album The Black Album, Jay-Z alludes to Clark Kent's role in helping him break into the industry, in the last song on the album (ironically titled "My 1st Song"). He states: "Clark Kent, that was good lookin out, nigga."
Franklin accidentally overheard the then unknown rapper Moses Michael Leviy (AKA Jamal Barrow BKA Shyne) rhyming in a barbershop, who, noting the young MC's vocal similarity to Notorious B.I.G., steered him towards Combs and Bad Boy.
He is also the cousin of recording artist Foxy Brown.
According to the documentary Just For Kicks, Clark Kent has enough shoes to wear different pairs for five years which means he has almost 2,000 pairs.
