Prince Ital Joe
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Joseph Paquette[1] (May 5, 1963 – May 16, 2001), better known by his stage name Prince Ital Joe, was a Dominican reggae and ragga singer and actor best known for his collaborations with Marky Mark and Death Row Records artists. Prince Ital Joe also appeared in the Steven Seagal film, Marked for Death and on the TV series, EZ Streets and Players.
Life and career
Prince Ital Joe was born in the Commonwealth of Dominica, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 13 with his parents in 1976. After completing high school, Joe moved to California to pursue his dreams of acting and entertainment. 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 promoter 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, Makaveli's The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory and Daz Dillinger's Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, and while an album was in the works, it was never released. He remained in the music business until his death.
Personal life
Prince Ital Joe married Paulina Paquette and had a daughter, Princess Nashida Paquette.
Prince Ital Joe died on May 16, 2001, from injuries sustained in a car accident that happened on a highway near Phoenix, Arizona, while en route to Los Angeles.[2] He was 38 years old.
Discography
Studio albums
- Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
GER [3] |
SWI [3] |
EUR[4] | |||
| 1994 | Life in the Streets | 21 | 10 | 42 | — | |
Remix albums
- Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
GER [3] |
SWI [3] |
EUR[4] | |||
| 1995 | The Remix Album | — | — | — | — | |
Singles
- Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
BEL (Vl) [5] |
DEN [6] |
FIN [7] |
GER [8] |
NED [3] |
SWI [3] |
SWE [3] |
EUR[4] | ||||||
| 1993 | "Happy People" | 23 | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | 22 | 24 | 22 | Life in the Streets | |||
| 1994 | "Life in the Streets" | — | — | — | 8 | 11 | — | 5 | 36 | 58 | ||||
| "United" | 6 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| 1995 | "Babylon" | — | — | — | 11 | 17 | — | 35 | — | 94 | ||||
| "Rastaman Vibration" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
- 1999 : Prince Ital Joe feat. W.C. - "Stereo Type" (Unreleased Death Row Records Track)
- 1999 : Prince Ital Joe feat. Kurupt & Coolio - "2Pac Tribute" (Unreleased Death Row Records Track)
- 1999 : Prince Ital Joe feat. Daz Dillinger - "Watcha Gonna Do" (Unreleased Death Row Records Track)
References
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