BG the Prince of Rap   (Germany)

AKA : Bernard Greene
EuroDance group
Added : 24/01/2000
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Latest BG the Prince of Rap news

14/05/2023 : DJ Crayfish dedicated a videomix to late BG the Prince of Rap

21/01/2023 : Sad news. This morning, eurodance legend BG the Prince of Rap passed away at the age of 57

25/12/2022 : BG the Prince of Rap plans to release a remixes package for his song Sugar next Friday

18/08/2021 : For 90s festivals and concerts, BG the Prince of Rap is sharing the stage with a new vocalist, Kathy Reed

22/03/2021 : The remix package for BG the Prince of Rap's This Beat Is Hot will be out on April 2nd

13/12/2020 : BG the Prince of Rap recorded a R'n'B track with Mark Lewis entitled Give Me A Sign

04/12/2020 : Dian Solo from Bulgaria act Deep Zone Project did a great remake to BG the Prince of Rap's classic This Beat Is Hot (Thanks to Krasi)

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BG the Prince of Rap albums

	The Power Of Rhythm	1991	BUY X
	The Time Is Now	1994	BUY X
	Get The Groove On	1996	BUY X
	Never Stop (The New Hits)	28th Nov 2019	BUY X

BG the Prince of Rap singles

	Rap To The World	1990	BUY X
	Take Control Of The Party	Jan 1991	BUY X
	The Power Of Rhythm	Apr 1991	BUY X
	This Beat Is Hot	Jun 1991	BUY X
	Give Me The Music	Sep 1991	BUY X
	Can We Get Enough	21st Apr 1993	BUY X
	The Colour Of My Dreams	Apr 1994	BUY X
	Rock A Bit	8th Aug 1994	BUY X
	Can't Love You	Mar 1995	BUY X
	Take Me Through The Night	28th Jan 1996	BUY X
	Stomp	20th Mar 1996	BUY X
	Jump To This	7th Nov 1996	BUY X
	No Limits	16th May 2016	BUY X
	Never Give Up (feat. Timi Kullai &Chrizz Morisson)	5th Oct 2017	BUY X
	The Colour Of my Dreams 2018	23rd Mar 2018	BUY X
	So Special (with Chrizz Morisson, Timi Kullai & Pamela O'Neal)	27th Apr 2018	BUY X
	You'll Be Mine (feat. Timi Kullai & Nathan Reynolds III)	20th Jun 2018	BUY X
	Once You Have Me (feat. Timi Kullai & Nathan Reynolds III)	5th Oct 2018	BUY X
	Eurodance Megamix 2k19	6th Mar 2019	BUY X
	House Megamix 2k19	8th Mar 2019	BUY X
	Shine (feat. Timi Kullai & Nathan Reynolds III)	28th Feb 2020	BUY X
	Only You (feat. Timi Kullai & Nathan Reynolds III)	16th Jul 2020	BUY X
	Now Bounce (feat. the Mad Stuntman)	17th Jul 2020	BUY X
	Pretty Black Boy (feat. Timi Kullai & Nathan Reynolds III)	20th Nov 2020	BUY X
	Sugar (with Chrizz Morisson)	25th Feb 2021	BUY X

BG the Prince of Rap remixes

	Rap To The World	1990	BUY X
	This Beat Is Hot	1991	BUY X
	Can We Get Enough	1993	BUY X
	The Colour Of My Dreams	1994	BUY X
	Stomp	1996	BUY X
	No Limits	17th Jun 2016	BUY X
	You'll Be Mine (Dolls UK Garage Mix)	6th Feb 2020	BUY X
	Only You	27th Nov 2020	BUY X
	This Beat Is Hot (Dian Solo remix)	7th Apr 2021	BUY X
	Sugar (Sweet & Dreams remix)	13th Jan 2023	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	90 Lovers - I Know You Got Soul	1990	BUY X
	A.N.D. - I Just Wanna Dance	1992	BUY X
	Paradise Programme - Deep Green	1992	BUY X
	Mr Partyman - Hey Mr Partyman	12th Aug 1996	BUY X
	Green - I'll Pray	1997	BUY X
	Highskool - Dreams	1998	BUY X
	Big T - Bad Boy	2004	BUY X
	Michael Thomas - We Stood In Flames	21st Nov 2009	BUY X
	Lane McCray - I Can Feel It	18th Nov 2016	BUY X
	Will G - Why Can't We	29th Nov 2017	BUY X

Songwriting

BG the Prince of Rap - Can We Get Enough

21st Apr 1993

BUY X

BG the Prince of Rap biography

Producers : Jam El Mar, Stefan Benz
Rappers : B.G. the Prince Of Rap, Marko Kranjcevic 'DJ Kut Master Kay'
Singers : Paris Red, Joan Faulkner, Chi Chi Ordu, Sabine Schmidt, Janet Taylor

B.G. The Prince Of Rap (real name : Bernard Greene) belongs to those artists, who, since the beginning of the 90s, has been contributing to the German dance-scene development. His albums The Power Of Rhythm (1991) and The Time Is Now (1994) have brought him the success he deserved.

Bernard was born in Washington DC on September 28th 1965. After studying at Suitland High School and Prince George's Community College, then moving to South Carolina, he came to Germany in 1985 with the U.S. Army.

After he left the Army, he began to live of his talents of singer and dancer which he had discovered during his scholarship. "Everything began in a Gospelchoir at school", he tells. "My first musical experience was in a Rhythm & Blues style, which still remains my favourite music style".

Without any difficulty he made his place on the Frankfurter scene, awarding first places in many rap contests. He was soon contacted by the producers who would launch his international carreer. Among these internationally recognized people was Jam El Mar who had already made some remixes for Dr. Alban, Enigma, Frankie Goes to of Hollywood or Quincy Jones, and Stefan Benz, who co-wrote the lyrics of B.G.' s songs. With this team B.G. could really deserve his surname 'The Prince OF Rap'.

Among all his releases, let's mention the huge Eurodance hits Can We Get Enough (# 19 in Israel), The Colour Of My Dreams (# 10 in Israel and a big hit there even nowadays in the clubs) or Can't Love You.

For BG the public shows are as significant as the presence on the radio and in the charts. "Live appearances", he says, "are particularly important to me. There I can really emphasize fully my qualities of rapper. In studio I can only show a part of what I can do". His shows allowed BG to make his public discover his new creations, like Stomp. Released in 1996, this track contained some fast rap inserts, carried by very housy beats, in the style of Outhere Brothers or 740 Boyz. "It's a cover of a song by Brother Johnston, a song I always enjoyed. The idea of transposing it in the 90s made me enthousiastic". This single announced a new album, with "more raps, and more soul in the accommodations".

The same year, BG contributed as songwriter and as co-producer to Mr Partyman's single Hey Mr Partyman. Single was recorded at The Edge Of Reality Studios and released under ZYX Music.

1997 : Bernard contributed to 2 euro-rap songs (this style was very fashionable at this time) : Da Clique - Player (as composer, songwriter and producer, with the usual team Michael Rödiger and Marko Kranjcevic) and Green - I'll Pray, as a songwriter (with Chris Schwaab, Heinz Felber, Stefan Benz and T. Greene).

1998 : Bernard co-wrote and co-produced euro-rap single Bush-Clan - Children Of Today. He also teamed with Linda Carriere to record Dreams under project name Highskool.

2004 : BG was featured by Big T for the single Bad Boy.

2005 : the German project Jet Set covered BG's hit Colour Of My Dreams. As for BG, he is now working at a museum near Wiesbaden in Germany where he moved in September 2005.

2009 : in August, for the first time since many years, BG the Prince of Rap and Janet Taylor performed in a club in Mainz (Germany). In November, both were featured by Michael Thomas on the single We Stood In Flames.

2010 : BG will collaborate with BPM on a brand new track that should be recorded in January 2011.

2015 : in September, during The Real 90s show in Mayence (Germany), BG performed a brand new song, No Limit

2016 : BG teamed with another Eurodance legend, Lane Mc Cray from La Bouche, to record single I Can Feel It.

2017 : BG's new single was entitled Never Give Up and it featured vocals by Hungarian singer Timi Kullai.

2018 : BG's new single was called So Special, again a collaboration with Chrizz Morisson and Timi Kullai. Pamela O'Neal also joined the team. The Colour Of My Dreams was covered by project Noe. Then came You'll Be Mine in May. Next single was entitled Once You Have Me. It featured once again Timi Kullai on vocals, as well as BG's cousin Nathan Reynolds III.

2019 : he released 2 new singles : Eurodance Megamix 2k19 and House Megamix 2k19, gathering his latest songs.

2020 was a very productive year for BG, seing him releasing 4 new singles ( Shine, Only You, Now Bounce and Pretty Black Boy) as well as a remix package for Only You. Meanwhile, his hit Colour of My Dreams was covered by DJ Sequenza & Megastylez

BG's son Maxwell is also a rapper known as Maxomatic.

2023 : in January, BG sadly passed from a prostate cancer.

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Copyright ©1997 Eurodance WWW & Björn Hardestam.
Thanks to Marian Stoica, Florent "v_uba", Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkine, DJ Brothers, Krasi and Philipp Hornun

BG the Prince of Rap biography was last updated Sat, January 21st 2023

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