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Jamie Foxx and Nelson George at event of Life Support

Queen Latifah, Nelson George and Tracee Ellis Ross at event of Life Support

Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Gloria Reuben and Nelson George at event of Life Support

Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx and Nelson George at event of Life Support

Nelson George at event of Everyday People

Bridget Barkan, Nelson George and Sydnee Stewart at event of Everyday People

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CB4

Life Support

Life Support (2007)

Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis

Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (2005)

Brooklyn Boheme

Brooklyn Boheme (2011)

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Producer (22 titles)

2013 Finding the Funk (documentary) (executive producer, producer)

2012 All Hail the Beat (short) (producer)

2011 VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV movie) (consulting producer)

2011 Brooklyn Boheme (documentary) (executive producer)

2011 Hell: A Life (short) (producer)

2011 Hell of a Life (video short) (producer)

2010 Left Unsaid (executive producer)

2009 Good Hair (documentary) (producer)

2006-2009 American Gangster (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 26 episodes)

– Romper Room Gang (2009) (executive producer)

– The Shower Posse (2008) (executive producer)

– Willie Lloyd (2008) (executive producer)

– Guy Fisher (2008) (executive producer)

– Mutulu Shakur (2008) (executive producer)

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2008 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV movie) (co-executive producer)

2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (consulting producer)

2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (co-executive producer)

2005 Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive (TV special documentary) (consulting producer, executive producer)

2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (consulting producer)

2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special) (consulting producer)

2004 The N Word (documentary) (producer)

2004 Everyday People (executive producer)

The Chris Rock Show (TV series) (consulting producer - 13 episodes, 1997-1998) (supervising producer - 5 episodes, 1997)

– Episode #3.2 (1998) (consulting producer)

– Episode #2.12 (1997) (consulting producer)

– Episode #2.11 (1997) (consulting producer)

– Episode #2.10 (1997) (consulting producer)

– Episode #2.9 (1997) (consulting producer)

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1993 CB4 (producer)

1992 Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (associate producer)

1991 Strictly Business (associate producer)

1990 Def by Temptation (executive producer)

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Book: "Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound" See more »

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Trivia:

Winner of an American Book Award for "Hip Hop America". See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo