What is Doug E. Fresh’s Net Worth?
Doug E. Fresh, a Barbadian-born American rapper, beatboxer, and record producer, has a net worth of $2 million. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of hip hop, rising to fame in the early ’80s performing hip hop tracks with Slick Rick, DJ Chill Will, and DJ Barry B in the Get Fresh Crew.
His hit songs “The Show” and “La-Di-Da” became two of the earliest bona fide hip hop hits, showcasing Fresh’s signature beatboxing and Slick Rick’s vocals. After Slick Rick left the group, Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew produced one more hit single among two albums.
Known as the “Human Beat Box,” Fresh released the solo album “Play” in 1995 and was responsible for “American Idol’s” first-ever hip hop performance in 2007 when he performed his 1985 hit “The Show” with contestant Blake Lewis.
His old dance moves were showcased in the 2010 hit song “Teach Me How to Dougie” by Cali Swag District, which he went on to teach on multiple shows, including the BET Pre-Awards Show and the Soul Train Awards. In 2020, Fresh received the I Am Hip Hop Award, the BET Hip Hop Awards’ highest honor.
Doug E. Fresh’s Early Life and Career
Doug E. Fresh, born Douglas E. Davis on September 17, 1966, in Christ Church, Barbados, grew up in Harlem, New York. He started beatboxing as a teenager, walking home from school and creating the beatbox without the aid of modern technology. Fresh attended Charles Evans Hughes High School, where he met DJ Chill Will in 1980. The two teamed up and began making customized mixtapes for $25 apiece. Slick Rick and DJ Barry B later joined them, and the four formed Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew.
Doug E. Fresh’s Career Highlights
Doug E. Fresh began his recording career as a solo artist on Enjoy Records and Vintertainment Records. However, his breakthrough came in 1984 when he recorded “The Show” and “La Di Da Di” with the Get Fresh Crew. The single was certified Gold and reached #4 on the “Billboard” Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. “La Di Da Di” has been sampled more than almost any other song in history. In 1986, Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew released their debut album, “Oh, My God!” which peaked at #21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
They released their second album, “The World’s Greatest Entertainer,” in 1988, which reached #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In 1992, Fresh joined Bust It Records and released the album “Doin’ What I Gotta Do.” In 1995, Fresh released the album “Play,” which featured an appearance by Slick Rick. Fresh performed on the season finale of “American Idol” in 2007 and taught CNN’s Wolf Blitzer how to Dougie onstage at the Soul Train Awards in 2010. He hosted a Saturday night radio show on 107.5 WBLS in New York from May 2013 to December 2016 and acted as a guest mentor on the NBC series “I Can Do That” in 2015.
Doug E. Fresh: Career and Personal Life
Doug E. Fresh began practicing Scientology in the early 2000s after being introduced to it by his former girlfriend, radio personality Miss Jones. He performed at the Scientology Celebrity Center’s 2004 Anniversary Gala and was featured on two tracks on the Scientology album “The Joy of Creating.”
Fresh opened a restaurant, Doug E.’s Chicken and Waffles, in Harlem in 2010, which has since closed. He also opened a club called Fresh. He is the father of six sons and manages the hip-hop group Square Off, which features his sons Solomon “Trips” Davis and Dayquan “Slim” Davis.
In 2016, Fresh filed a lawsuit against the Fox TV series “Empire,” alleging that a song performed on the show illegally sampled his hit “I-Ight (Alright).” He co-founded Harlem Hospital Center’s Hip Hop Public Health Education Center and, in 2020, performed on the song “Behind the Mask,” which was designed to increase the use of face masks as an effective means of stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
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