Tone P
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck".
Tone P | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ernest Anthony Price |
| Born | December 5, 1986 Washington, D.C. |
| Genres | Rap, Hip-Hop, Go-Go, Alternative Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Labels | Universal Music Publishing, District Funk Records, The Board of Administration |
| Website | tonep |
Ernest Anthony Price (born December 5, 1986), better known by his stage name Tone P, is an African-American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founder of District Funk Records and a founding pioneer of Don't Mute DC. He is also the former founding member of music production group Best Kept Secret.[1]
Early life[edit]
Tone P was born and raised in Southwest, Washington, D.C. Tone attended 3 high schools in Washington, D.C. that include Wilson High School, Hyde Public Charter School, then graduating from Friendship Edison Charter High School.[1]
Career[edit]
Tone P started his career forming the music production group Best Kept Secret with his cousin from 2007 until 2009. In 2007, the group gained significant attention catching the attention of the local rising, now famed DC rapper Wale. In that year, the group landed 2 songs on Wale's 100 Miles and Running mixtape "DC Gorillaz" and "Ice Cream Girl" ft. TCB. In 2008, they produced the majority of the critically acclaimed mixtape "The Mixtape About Nothing". Tone P linked the group with his friend he met at Howard University, Clarence "CJ" Mitchell aka "Flawless Tracks" to create one of the most popular SoundClick pages on the internet. Their production is featured on many Ballislife.com videos and other popular internet content. Best Kept Secret was known for their signature style music production that successfully blending Hip-Hop with Go-Go.[2]
In 2011 working solo, Tone P produced 12 of 20 songs on Wale's critically acclaimed "The Eleven One Eleven Theory" mixtape. Later that year, Tone P produced 4 records on Wale's "Ambition" album. Tone P also wrote and performed the hook on the record "Bait" which was featured on the Deluxe Album. "Bait" landed a star studded remix featuring 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, and Trey Songz.[3] Tone also wrote the hook for the self-titled album song "Ambition" featuring Meek Mill and Rick Ross, produced by T-Minus, that has now been RIAA certified Platinum. Later that year, Tone P landed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.[1][4]
Tone P has landed production credits on various artist albums such as Curren$y, MMG, Giggs, Dave East, Teyana Taylor, Wale, Ice Prince Zamani, Rhymefest, Nick Grant and more. In 2016, Tone P landed his first co-executive producer credit with Nigerian Superstar Artist Ice Prince Zamani on the album "Jos to the World".
Tone P founded District Funk Records in 2018. Under District Funk Records, Tone released the song and music video for his single "America", a Go-Go-Rock inspired political conscious record that was covered by The Washington Post.[1]. He also released his album "ColorBlind", and the instrumental album "The Beats About Nothing". Other single releases include "Church" feat. DJ Say Say, 3ohBlack, JG Riff, Lil Chris (TOB), "Sassy" ft CCB, and "2 Official" ft. Will Tha Rapper, Lightshow, and Crank Lucas, and AAO. A music video was released for "2 Official".[5]
In 2019, Tone P composed original music for TV One Documentary "The Beat Don't Stop", a film inspired by the Don't Mute DC movement.[6]
Don't Mute DC[edit]
In 2019, Tone P co-founded "Don't Mute DC" with Ronald Moten, Tony Lewis Jr., and professor Natalie Hopkinson.[7] The movement sparked when a Metro PCS store owner named Donald Campbell played go-go music on speaker outside the store at 7th street Florida Avenue and new neighborhood residents constantly complained and harassed Donald where it eventually got around to T-Mobile. T-Mobile instructed the store owner to turn the music off which sparked an outrage with local Washingtonians that led to the birth of the Don't Mute DC movement while protecting and reigniting the indigenous GO-GO sound, now recognized by law as of 2020 as the official music of Washington, DC. Tone P in collaboration with legendary GOGO band Rare Essence, alongside famed local DC artists Lightshow, and Noochie released the song "#DontMuteDC".[8]
Award nominations and recognition[edit]
Tone P has been nominated for several awards including BET, Soul Train, Centric, and BET Hip Hop Awards. Wale's "Love Hate Thing" produced by Tone P, Stokley Williams, and Sam Dew received notable recognition scoring the #1 record President Barack Obama's 2016 summer playlist.[1][9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Christopher Harris (2018-12-27). "Tone P was behind some of Wale's earliest hits. But can he actually make it as a rapper?". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ↑ "100 Miles and Running by Wale". genius.com.
- ↑ "Listen: Wale f/ Rick Ross, Trey Songz, & 2 Chainz "Bait (Remix)"". Complex.
- ↑ https://www.umusicpub.com/nashville/Digital-Music-Library/search/Tone%20P/artist
- ↑ "Tone P recruits Will Tha Rapper, Lightshow, AAO, and Crank Lucas for "2 Official"". REVOLT.
- ↑ "The Beat Don't Stop (TV Movie 2020) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:5xwx82.2.2. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "The #DontMuteDC go-go protests aren't done. They're expanding".
- ↑ Collins, Sam P. K. (May 15, 2019). "#DontMuteDC Looks Ahead After Successes". The Washington Informer.
This article "Tone P" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Tone P. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
