Farid Karam Nassar (born June 23, 1972), better known as Fredwreck, is
a Grammy Award winning American music artist and record producer. He
got his big break when he became a producer for Dr. Dre's newly
founded record label Aftermath Entertainment, and then 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 Records. He
has also produced for other hip-hop and pop artists such as Eminem,
Britney Spears, Ice Cube, Westside Connection, Lil' Kim, Hilary Duff,
Xzibit, The Game, Nate Dogg, Everlast, Cypress Hill, 50 Cent, Mobb
Deep, as well as non-US acts such as Dizzie Rascal, Tamer Hosny, Qusai
Kheder and Karl Wolf.The first child of Aida Kaileh and Karam Nassar,
Fredwreck was born on June 23, 1972, in Flint, Michigan. His parents
are Palestinians and left to the United States in 1966 by boat. Farid
has two younger brothers, Salam who is also a DJ, and Omar.His father
worked as a tool and die maker for AC Spark Plug, a General Motors
division, and later moved the family to San Jose, California, to open
his own grocery store business.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, soul, funk, Middle Eastern 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.
a Grammy Award winning American music artist and record producer. He
got his big break when he became a producer for Dr. Dre's newly
founded record label Aftermath Entertainment, and then 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 Records. He
has also produced for other hip-hop and pop artists such as Eminem,
Britney Spears, Ice Cube, Westside Connection, Lil' Kim, Hilary Duff,
Xzibit, The Game, Nate Dogg, Everlast, Cypress Hill, 50 Cent, Mobb
Deep, as well as non-US acts such as Dizzie Rascal, Tamer Hosny, Qusai
Kheder and Karl Wolf.The first child of Aida Kaileh and Karam Nassar,
Fredwreck was born on June 23, 1972, in Flint, Michigan. His parents
are Palestinians and left to the United States in 1966 by boat. Farid
has two younger brothers, Salam who is also a DJ, and Omar.His father
worked as a tool and die maker for AC Spark Plug, a General Motors
division, and later moved the family to San Jose, California, to open
his own grocery store business.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, soul, funk, Middle Eastern 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.
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