Smokey D. Fontaine (born 1972) is an American writer, music critic and editor. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Music journalism is criticism and reportage about Music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as ' Classical music ' As of 2006 he is editor-in-chief of Giant magazine. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. GIANT is a magazine headquartered in New York geared to the Urban music market [1]
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Life
Fontaine's parents are African American actress Pat Hartley (who appeared in several Andy Warhol films as well as Rainbow Bridge and Absolute Beginners) and British documentary filmmaker Dick Fontaine (maker of the 1984 BBC documentary Beat This: A Hip-Hop History, in which the young Fontaine can briefly be seen sitting next to DJ Kool Herc). African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol Rainbow Bridge is a 1972 film directed by Chuck Wein that features footage from a Jimi Hendrix concert and a short piece of conversation between Hartley Wien Absolute Beginners is a 1986 Rock musical movie adapted from the Colin MacInnes book of the same name about life in late 1950s The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Dick Fontaine is an English Documentary filmmaker currently ( As of 2006) head of documentary direction at the National Film and Television School Beat This A Hip-Hop History is a "seminal" 1984 BBC Documentary film about Hip hop culture directed by Dick A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Clive Campbell (born April 16 1955 AKA Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born DJ who is credited as originating Hip hop Growing up on Manhattan's Upper West Side around the corner from Rock Steady Park, home of the breakdancing pioneers Rock Steady Crew, Fontaine did some DJ'ing himself while attending Bronx High School of Science. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a Street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among Rock Steady Crew is a Breakdancing crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx, The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H [1]
At Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut, United States), Fontaine double-majored in English and African American studies; while in college he met Stephanie Addison, his future wife. This article concerns Wesleyan Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the south-central part of the state 16 miles (26 km The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of Literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U African American studies is a subset of Black studies or Africana studies. [1]
After two years teaching in Baltimore, Maryland, United States as part of the Teach for America program, he returned to New York City, interned for VIBE, and began writing on the side for British hip hop magazine True, soon renamed as Trace, where he eventually became an editor and hired away his own previous editor at VIBE, Scott Poulson-Bryant. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Teach For America ( TFA) is a Non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most Vibe is a Magazine, launched 1993 by founder Quincy Jones and funded by Time Inc Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. TRACE is a monthly internationally-distributed magazine with the tagline 'transcultural styles + ideas' [1]
While at True/Trace he befriended Sean "Puffy" Combs. Sean John Combs (born November 4 1969 known by his Stage names Puff Daddy, P His editor-in-chief thought the relationship was too close, and that Combs was using him. "We were certainly being hustled," said Fontaine later, "but in all hustles, there has to be a counter-hustle. " Fontaine thought that their "little magazine with no money and no marketing" stood to "ride [Combs'] coattails"; the editor-in-chief disagreed; Fontaine soon left to become features editor for The Source. The Source is a United States -based monthly full-color Magazine covering Hip-hop music, Politics, and culture, founded in [1]
An assignment to write a cover story on rapper DMX resulted in his spending two years as part of DMX's posse, getting 350 hours of interviews with him, which he shaped into E. Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970) better known by his Stage name DMX, is an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the A. R. L. : The Autobiography of DMX. [1]
In 2001, Fontaine hooked up with Damon Dash (rapper Jay-Z's manager); Dash financed the magazine America, with Fontaine running the show. Damon Dash (born May 3 1971 in Harlem New York) is an African-American label executive the former CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella The magazine first appeared in spring 2004. Fontaine left in 2006 after a falling out with Dash; he left to become editor-in-chief of Giant, starting with the August 2006 issue. [1]
Works
- Coauthor with DMX: E. Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970) better known by his Stage name DMX, is an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the A. R. L. : The Autobiography of DMX[1]
- Screenplay for Angel: One More Road to Cross (direct-to-video film, 2001)[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Larry Getlen, "A Better Vibe", Wesleyan (Wesleyan University alumni magazine), Issue IV 2006, p. This article concerns Wesleyan 28–32.
- ^ Smokey Fontaine at the Internet Movie Database
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