Prince Paul

Originally a member of the self-proclaimed hip hop band Stetsasonic, Prince Paul, a.k.a. Chest Rockwell, produced De La Soul's 1989 debut album Three Feet High and Rising. After two more albums, he left them, putting together two solo projects: Psychoanalysis What is It? and the hip hop opera A Prince Among Thieves featuring rappers such as Big Daddy Kane and Everlast. Paul teamed up with Dan the Automator, a.k.a. Nathaniel Merriweather, to form the Handsome Boy Modeling School; their album So... how's your girl? featured prominent names such as Sean Lennon and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. In the year 2000, Paul produced I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime by Princess Superstar.