Doe

Years Active: 2000

Genres: Rap, R&B

Styles: East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hardcore Rap

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Formerly known as John Doe, D.O.E.'s (Dominant Over Everyone) hardcore rhymes are often tempered by his cleverness and humor as well as the bouncy, pop-inflected beats of his main producer, Timbaland. The Queens-born rapper initially had difficulty penetrating the rap industry, and so he decided to compose his own mixtape, entitled Me Unit, parodying 50 Cent's G-Unit. The mixtape found its way into the hands of Timbaland, who loved it and signed D.O.E. to his fledgling Beat Club Records alongside rap artists Bubba Sparxxx and Attitude. Although...

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