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MyGen Profile Generator ~ Phat Phillie ~ Baby Dooks ~ Koolade ~ Dash ~When it comes Croatian hip-hop, there's only one name and one crew you need to remember...
Phat Phillie (Blackout crew) is a resident DJ (and promoter) of Blackout Lounge, Zagreb’s sexiest monthly event. Held at the city’s coolest urban nightspot Club Aquarius, it has hosted sold-out shows by artists such as DJ Premier, Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul, Miri Ben-Ari, Royce Da 5’9â€, Masta Ace, Raekwon, OC and Big L, Das EFX, Afu Ra, Tha Alkaholiks, Jeru The Damaja...Phillie got into hip-hop way back in 1984 after hearing UTFO’s Roxanne Roxanne on Zagreb’s lengendary station Radio 101 and watching classic films such as Krush Groove, Beat Street, Wild Style and Breakin’.Following a brief stay in the US during the early nineties, he met DJ Frx with whom he co-hosts Blackout Rap Show, Croatia’s number one rated hip-hop radio show on Radio 101. To mark the show’s 10th anniversary, they released Blackout 10 (The Best Of Hip-Hop), a compilation of the most important tracks released by artists from Croatia’s richly diverse and exceptionally creative hip-hop scene.Phillie has DJ-ed not only in Croatia, but also in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Macedonia. A regular guest on numerous Croatian television shows, he has appeared on Germany’s leading music television station VIVA TV (Mixery Raw Deluxe) and MTV Europe (MTV Mash). Phillie has also penned articles for a number of the world’s leading hip-hop magazines including Backspin (Germany) and The Source (US) and interviewed artists such as 50 Cent, N.O.R.E., Wu Tang Clan, Ice T, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier... He can even be heard in a skit on the Dilated Peoples LP The Platform.As CEO of Blackout Entertainment Croatia, Phillie also manages three of Europe’s hottest hip-hop producers - Koolade, Baby Dooks and Dash, who have worked with the likes of Erick Sermon, Redman, Lil’ Mo, Styles P, Fatman Scoop, Sean Paul, Fat Joe, Angie Martinez, Das EFX, Busta Flex, Samy Deluxe, Afrob, D Flame, Joy Danelane, Massive Tone, Curse, Afu Ra, Masta Ace, El Da Sensei, Consequence, Sadat X, Baby Bash, Pitbull, Masta Killa (Wu-Tang) , Miri Ben-Ari, Ghostface Killah…His Blackout Entertainment company does street, radio and club marketing for companies such as Olympus, adidas, Rbk, Axe, Hennessy, Tuborg as well as booking tours for people like Naughty By Nature, Masta Ace, Tha Alkaholiks, 50 Cent, Styles P, De La Soul, OC, El Da Sensei… Recently, Phillie was one of the judges of the European Heineken DJ Thirst competition and helps producing MTV Adria’s Hip-Hop show called “MTV Blokâ€. He is a part of the international crew of DJ’s called “The Bumsquad DJ’s†and publishes the Croatian rap magazine of the same name.He remains committed to raising the profile of his team of producers and to securing Croatian hip-hop’s rightful place at the forefront of the global hip-hop evolution.