Fredwreck

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FredWreck
Background information
Birth name Farid Karam Nassar
Born (1972-06-23) June 23, 1972
Flint, Michigan
Origin Palestinian American
Genres Hip hop, Pop
Occupations Record Producer, Songwriter, Vocalist, DJ, Television Producer
Years active 1988–present
Labels Doggystyle Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records[1]
Website Official website
Notable instruments
keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, drum machine, turntables, flute

Farid Karam Nassar (born June 23, 1972), better known as Fredwreck is a record producer from Los Angeles, California. He got his big break when he became a producer for Dr. Dre's newly founded Aftermath Records label, and went on to work with Snoop Dogg's record label Dogghouse Records (now Doggystyle Records) and became a known producer on Tha Dogg Pound-affiliated material. He has produced tracks from Kurupt's Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha and most of his next release, Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey; both released during the period the rapper had left Death Row. He has also produced for other hip hop and pop artists such as Britney Spears, Kurupt, Eminem, Ice Cube, Westside Connection, Lil' Kim, Hilary Duff, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Krayzie Bone, Everlast, Cypress Hill, 50 Cent, Mobb Deep, Tech N9ne, and The Doors, as well as non-US acts such as Dizzie Rascal, Tamer Hosney, Qusai, Karl Wolf, and Adil Omar.

Early Life

The first child of Aida Kaileh and Karam Nassar, FredWreck was born Farid Karam Nassar on June 23, 1972. His parents met and married in Palestine and immigrated to the United States in 1967. His father worked as a tool and die maker for AC Spark Plug, a General Motors division, and later moved the family to California to open his own grocery business. In California FredWreck, began breakdancing, Djing local parties, and school dances. This made him a regular at the local record store Upstairs Records, which led to a job at the store as one of the record buyers.

From there FredWreck landed a job doing mixes as a guest on the local radio station KMEL, which eventually led him to a weekly mix show spot, and gave him the opportunity to do remixes of songs already on the stations playlist. Record labels soon took notice of his remixes, and began buying them, and distributing them to radio stations across the country. It is at radio where FredWreck first met Sway & King Tech along with Joe Quixx, and became a member of the world famous Wake Up Show, hip hop radio show.

Music career

Inspired by producers Dr. Dre, Mantronix, Marley Marl, and The Bomb Squad, Fredwreck began experimenting with production equipment, recording techniques, and his skills as a DJ to carve out his own sound. The influence of East Coast hip hop, West Coast hip hop, electro, funk, Soul, Arabic and rock music helped give him a signature sound. From 1995 to 1997 he was hired by Bomb Squad producer Hank Shocklee as an A&R executive at MCA/Universal Records where he oversaw the recordings of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Aaliyah, Immature, Al Green, King Tee, Shai, Bobby Brown and Soundtracks such as Dangerous Minds, Tales from the Hood, and others.[2]

After leaving MCA/Universal, Fredwreck decided to concentrate fully on production. He would give out his production CD to anyone that would listen, and it eventually ended up with Dr. Dre who called Fredwreck to come in and collaborate with him in the studio which then led to him working on the multi-platinum selling album 2001. His roommate at the time Xzibit introduced him to Soopafly, who then also passed his beat CD on to members of the Dogg Pound, Daz and Kurupt which led to his production on the Kurupt album Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha and the chance to work with Snoop Dogg. Snoop then asked Fredwreck to join Doggystyle Records imprint as a producer which led to production on Snoop's albums, and artists on his label such as Tha Eastsidaz.[3][4]

He released his first compilation LP, "Greatest Hits Episode 1" at DPG Recordz in 2005.

In 2007 he partnered up with songwriter Kara DioGuardi to produce songs for pop stars Britney Spears and Hilary Duff. He received an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album for his production on Britney's Blackout album and Kara went on to be the new judge on American Idol.

WaNaSaH TV

Fredwreck hosted a weekly Arabic Hip Hop Show called "Beit el Hip Hop" or "The House of Hip Hop" beside the 1st Saudi Hip Hop Artist, friend & partner Qusai aka Don legend the Kamelion in the year 2009.

Gumball 3000

Xzibit at the Gumball 3000 Rally, London 2007.

In the Gumball 3000 2007 rally, FredWreck and Xzibit drove a black Lamborghini Gallardo. During the first day of the rally, Dutch police seized Xzibits driver's license for doing 160 km/h where only 100 km/h was allowed. After the penalty, FredWreck took over the wheel and they were allowed to continue.[5] In an interview with Dutch radio personality Reinout 'Q-Bah' van Gendt,[6] Xzibit says that he mistook the kilometers for miles. Ultimately he never got his license back from the Dutch Police and had to apply for a new one in the United States.

Stop The Oppressive Politics

The STOP Movement was started by Fredwreck on April 19, 2003.[7] It was created to inform the world about the Iraq War.[8] To reach more people, Fredwreck produced a series of songs with multiple artists including Everlast, Tray Deee. Defari, J-Ro, RBX, Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, Bad Azz, WC, Dilated Peoples, The Mac Minister, Mack 10, Evidence, Cypress Hill, The Alchemist, Mobb Deep and others.

"Down with us" is the first song in the STOP Movement. It is also the anthem for this anti-war movement. It was released on April 28, 2003.[7] Produced by Fredwreck, it features Everlast, Tray Deee, Defari, Daz, J-Ro, RBX, Soopafly, Bad Azz, WC, Dilated Peoples, and Mac Minister.[9]

Dear Mr. President is the second STOP Movement song. It was released as a digital download on http://www.fredwreck.com . Also produced by Fredwreck, it features Everlast, Mobb Deep, The Alchemist, Mack 10, WC, Evidence, Defari, KRS-One, and B-Real.

The Doors

In 2012 FredWreck teamed up with the surviving members of The Doors to record a song with Tech N9ne on his album Something Else (Tech N9ne album). They gathered in May at the Village Recorders in Hollywood to rework the original recording of Strange Days (The Doors song) with Jim Morrison original vocals. It would be the last session by keyboardist Ray Manzarek before his death in 2013 of cancer.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Fredwreck Nassar – Info". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  2. ↑ "Riz Khan – Hip-Hop's Fredwreck – 03 Jan 08 – YouTube". Uk.youtube.com. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  3. ↑ "// Fredwreck Interview Part 2 (December 2006) // West Coast News Network //". Dubcnn.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  4. ↑ "// Fredwreck Interview (March 2010) // West Coast News Network //". Dubcnn.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  5. ↑ Xzibit loses drivers license in Holland, www.eminem.net, accessed on May 2, 2008
  6. ↑ "YouTube – FunX interview Xzibit". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Fredwreck". Web.archive.org. 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  8. ↑ "Rap News Network – Hip-Hop News: Fredwreck Presents The S.T.O.P. Movement". Rapnews.net. 2003-05-13. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  9. ↑ http://www.fredwreck.com/stop.html
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