Prince Ital Joe

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Name = Prince Ital Joe


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Joe Paquette
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Born = May 5, 1963 Commonwealth of Dominica
Died = death date and age|2001|05|16|1963|05|5 Phoenix, Arizona
Origin = Los Angeles, California
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Genre = Reggae Hip hop
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Years_active = 1988 - 2001
Label = Ultraphonic Records Death Row Records Interscope Records
Associated_acts = Marky Mark 2pac Tha Dogg Pound
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Joseph "Joe" Paquette (May 5 1963 – May 16 2001), better known as Prince Ital Joe, was a Dominican-American reggae musician best know for his collaborations with Marky Mark.

Biography

Prince Ital Joe was born in the Commonwealth of Dominica, but was raised in Los Angeles, California. Before getting into the music business, Joe worked for over ten years performing at private Hollywood parties and clubs and From 1988 to 1990 as a concert promotor in the Caribbean for acts like Ziggy Marley. In 1993, he teamed up with rapper Marky Mark and released two albums 1994's "Life in the Streets" and 1995's "The Remix Album". After "The Remix album", the duo split up with Joe signing on Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records label, appearing on Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food, 2pac's and Daz Dillinger's Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, however, he never released an album for the label. He remained in the music business until his death.

Death

Prince Ital Joe passed away on May 16, 2001 from injuries sustained in a car accident that happened in Phoenix, Arizona, he was 38 years old.

Discography

Albums

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*"Life in the Streets" ( [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1994/deu_sep94.html Germany #12] )
*"Happy People" ( [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1994/deu_mar94.html Germany #4] )
*"United" ( [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1994/deu_jun94.html Germany-No.1] )
*"Babylon" ( [http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1995/deu_mar95.html Germany-No.17] )