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Infanity proudly announces the appointment of visionary icon and recording artist Tragedy Khadafi, as Chief Hip Hop Officer. In this executive role, he will serve as Infanity’s cultural content developer and legacy builder.

Infanity is a web3 platform that allows independent artists to control their musical destinies by releasing their music and offering unique experiences to expand their fan bases using this new technology.

With this executive appointment, Infanity and Tragedy Khadafi aim to further bridge the gap between traditional hip hop and the world of Web3.

“Infanity is at the forefront of the music NFT revolution, and we’re honored to have a legend like Tragedy Khadafi join our mission. His insights and mentorship will be instrumental in shaping the next generation of Hip Hop artists in the Web3 space,” said Renata Lowenbraun, CEO of Infanity.

As the youngest of the Queensbridge pioneers, Tragedy mentored and released Capone-N-Noreaga’s platinum selling album, The War Report through his imprint, 25 to Life Entertainment. As a solo artist, Tragedy, under the moniker Intelligent Hoodlum, released records on A&M Records, and later through his imprint on V2 Records and subsequently Caroline Distribution/EMI.

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On this day in 1990, original Juice Crew member and Queensbridge Projects native Percy Chapman aka the Intelligent Hoodlum, released his debut album, also entitled Intelligent Hoodlum, on the A&M Records label.

Produced primarily by the QB behind the boards legend Marley Marl and Large Professor, this album was one of the most socio-political projects of its time, which could be easily categorized among the ranks of the Poor Righteous Teachers and Brand Nubian with its Islamic/5% Nation overtones. With the reception of The Juice Crew’s “The Symphony” as one of the best Hip Hop tracks of all time, it was very easy to overlook the members of the crew that didn’t appear on the song. As the youngest member of the crew, this album was necessary for Tragedy to prove himself as artist in his own right.

Some of the most memorable track from this project include the James Brown-powered “Black And Proud”, the George H.W. Bush-inspired “Arrest The President” and the Soul II Soul-sampled “Back To Reality”. Almost three decades ago, albums were more exclusive, so a 12-track album was an unspoken maximum for the number of songs on a full length project.

Salute to the Intelligent Hoodlum(Tragedy Khadafi) Marley Marl, Large Professot and everyone at A&M Records that helped make this album a Hip Hop classic!

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