Special Ed

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This article is about the Brooklyn rapper. For the concept in education, see Special education

Special Ed
Birth name	Edward Archer
Born	May 16, 1973 (1973-05-16) (age 35)
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Rap & Hip Hop
Years active	1989-present
Label(s)	Profile Records Semi Records

Special Ed is the performing name of Edward Archer (born May 16, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York), an American hip hop musician of Jamaican descent. Hailing from Brooklyn in New York City, he is identified with East Coast hip hop. In his own right, Special Ed is probably best known for the songs "I Got It Made" and "I'm The Magnificent", produced by "Hitman" Howie Tee and released in 1989 on the Youngest in Charge album when Ed was just 16. In 1990, he released his album Legal with the singles "Come on Let's Move It and "The Mission". He was later a member of Crooklyn Dodgers, an ad hoc group who came together to perform for the Spike Lee films Clockers and Crooklyn, and he performed "Crooklyn" with Shillz on the 2003 compilation album MuskaBeatz. Snoop Dogg counts Special Ed as an influence on his own work. He also released his album Revelations with the single "Neva Go Back" in 1995. DJ Premier produced a remix of his track "Freaky Flow." In addition, Buckwild of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew produced a remix of the song "Lyrics". Special Ed also did a freestyle on the last episode of Yo! MTV Raps. In 2004, he released the album Still Got It Made on his own label "Semi." And he also had a role in the movie "Ganked" starring Kel Mitchell.