Carlos Stephens:
CLASS OF 1990
West Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1990
Harvey, LA
Carlos's Story
New Orleans native Supper Producer
Carlos Stephens is one of Hip-Hop¿s best-kept
secrets. He has written, produced, arranged, and
engineered for some of the most well-known
artists in Hip-Hop to date.In 1994 music and
business mogul, Master P took notice to Carlos
while working out of his recording studio spiral
records, and then offered him a position in the
upstart production team Beats By The Pound
where they would go on to sell a record
breaking 46 million albums in five years.
Establishing him self as a major player in the
No limit Family. Carlos was the only producer in
beats by the pound who also had a distribution
deal with no limit records, and that allowed him
to release his first artist in 1986 Skull Duggrey
and in 1998 The Ghetto Commission. Hard work
brought him the 1998 nomination for Producer
of the Year, and collectively being voted as one
of Hip-Hop¿s ¿Thirty Most Powerful People¿
by The Source magazine. In 1999 after the
departure of fellow Beats By The Pound
production mates, Carlos became the primary
force behind the production for No Limit
Records. Where he continued the tradition of the
gold and platinum albums. He started with
Master P¿s gold selling album Only God Can
Judge Me, and the tittle song for the Major
motion Picture ¿Light it Up¿. Off course not to
forget his production on the soundtrack to
HBO¿s critically acclaimed show Oz.The
millennium brought more good fortune with the
introduction of the 504 Boys And Carlos¿
production of their debut, self-tilted platinum
album, with the lead Single ¿wobble
wobble ,¿ going Platinum Following this with
the success of Master P¿s Gold + album Ghetto
Postage with its smash Platinum hit ¿Bout
Dat.¿ Carlos¿ stamp is on Lil Romeo¿s
¿My Baby,¿ single that not only went
platinum, but also staye...Expand for more
d at number 1 on the
Billboard charts for 10 weeks straight. The song
¿My Baby¿ was also the 2001 Billboard
Single of the year. In 2002 Carlos began
working with a partnership program
for¿Prodikeys¿ a Creative Labs product who
can be found on NASDAQ. In 2003 he took a
year off to relax and focus on his next set of
endeavors. In 2004 and 2005 Carlos jumped
back into production mode and laced B.G. with
the underground anthem ¿right now¿ for the
album Life After Cash Money, and C-Murder
album ¿The Realist Sh_t I Every Said.¿In
2006 He also started a couple new business
ventures. One with partner Gary Murray founder
of Wise Technologies. The new company is
called Mixcast Networks (formally OOH! t v)
Mixcast is a strategic, development and content
accusation and distribution firm with a wi-fi
component, that reaches malls, airports, travel
plazas and marinas. Carlos is now the Executive
Vice President heads up the business
development team. Most recently Carlos has be
focusing on his consulting, and entertainment
company Flame Entertainment. He has assembled
a new production team named The House Of
Noise, and His artist are in the studio finishing
up there projects, for distribution threw UMG.
On the consulting side Carlos has a few select
companies that he has chosen to work with and
his sole focus is on branding, and creating
strategic alliances between the companies in
unconventional ways to expand the products
awareness. Carlos has also tossed his hat into
the director¿s chair with his debut video ¿Be
Fresh¿ for C-Murder¿s album Screamin 4
Vengeance. He is also in the process of
developing Tv shows with Emmy award winning
Tv producer Tracey Slates. Mr. Stephens is a
prime example of the Indomitable Sprit, of true
entrepenurers and his future looks very bright.
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