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Pride Entertainment Lineup
outboise.com | Issue 8.2 | June 2015
C & C Music Factory
As the front man and co-founder of the international multi-platinum selling group C&C Music
Factory, Freedom has sold over 8 millions records, traveled and performed around the world
extensively, and has yet to meet a crowd that he
couldn’t captivate. His performing abilities are
just one of the things that keep the crowds mesmerized. However, once you get to know him,
people are always shocked to realize that he is
so down to earth.
Freedom, born in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, moved to Cambria Heights, Queens at the
age of 7. Queens has been the home to some
of the greatest rappers and entertainers to ever
grace a stage. Freedom went to Junior High
School I.S. 192, located on the famous 205th Ave.
in Hollis, Queens,which was home to RUN-DMC,
Jam Master Jay, and L.L. Cool J. In June of 1981,
about to enter his teens, Freedom became a
member of the 5 Percent Nation of Islam. Around
1983 he was arrested for burglary, the judge
remanded him to live in Boston with his brother,
who was a police officer and attending Harvard
University. Freedom believed that this turn of
events helped to save his life, and helped him to
realize the true power of Hip-Hop, a power that
many New Yorkers were taking for granted.