Fredro Starr was discovered by the late hip hop star Jam Master Jay of Run-D.
31 Facts About Fredro Starr
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Onyx went on to release three top selling albums before Fredro began his solo career.
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Fredro Starr has starred in more than 55 films and television shows.
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Fredro Starr made his acting debut in the HBO drama Strapped.
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Fredro Starr performed the Save the Last Dance's theme song, "Shining Through", with Jill Scott on the multi-platinum soundtrack.
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Fredro Starr appeared in HBO's The Wire, NYPD Blue, Blade, and CSI: Miami.
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Fredro Starr co-hosted Dance 360, a daily, half-hour urban dance competition show on Paramount Television.
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Between 1984 and 1988, Fredro Starr studied at John Adams High School.
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In late 1985 Fredro Starr decided to become a street poet after watching the movie "Krush Groove".
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In 1988, after graduating from school at the age of 17, Fredro Starr created the rap group Onyx along with his schoolmates Big DS and Suave.
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In 2000, Fredro Starr signed a deal with Koch Records and released a mixtape "Firestarr" in the same year.
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In 2003, Fredro Starr started a new movement "100 Mad".
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In 2011, Fredro Starr founded his own label "Mad Money Movement" in Los Angeles.
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On May 13,2013, Fredro Starr released his mixtape and first solo project in 10 years entitled "Live 4Ever, Die 2Day".
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On November 26,2013, Fredro Starr released his first single from his upcoming third album The Firestarr 2 entitled "What If 2".
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On March 9,2018, Fredro Starr released his 4th solo album "Firestarr 2" on Mad Money Movement.
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In 2011, Fredro Starr announced via Twitter that he was working on the follow-up of his debut work.
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On September 7,2021, together with his younger brother 6ambu Starr, Fredro Starr released 6lunt 6rothers.
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In early 2023, Fredro Starr announced the end of his musical career.
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On May 20,2024, together with his younger brother 6ambu Starr, Fredro Starr released the second part of 6lunt 6rothers, Vol.
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In 2006, Fredro Starr formed a new group called Yung Onyx, but the group later disbanded.
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Fredro Starr starred in the critically acclaimed drama Clockers, and in Abel Ferrara's The Addiction.
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On television, Fredro Starr had a regular role on Moesha as the title character's boyfriend and fiance.
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Fredro Starr appeared in three episodes of HBO's The Wire as Marquis "Bird" Hilton.
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Fredro Starr co-hosted Paramount Domestic Television's daily half-hour urban dance competition, Dance 360, with actor Kel Mitchell.
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Fredro Starr produced a documentary about his mentor, Jam Master Jay, entitled Two Turntables and a Microphone: The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay and served as Executive Consultant on the Sticky Fingaz-directed Lionsgate hip hop musical feature film, A Day In The Life, which he stars in.
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Between 2009 and 2010, Fredro Starr starred in 12 episodes for the web series Tales Of The Industry.
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Fredro Starr plays the lead in the independent feature-length film Diamond Ruff, which had its premiere in Hartford, Connecticut on November 1,2013.
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In 2011, Fredro Starr released two children's books: "Lil Freddy: The Red Sock" and "Lil Freddy: The Bully Kid".
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On September 18,2012, Fredro Starr dropped a freestyle that was aimed at fellow pioneer New York City rapper DMX.
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Fredro Starr has 3 children, with his wife, Croatian model Korina Longin, whom he married in 2007.