Harlem native
DukeDaGod, born George Moore, got his start in the music industry as a road manager for Children of the Corn, a group managed by
Damon Dash that featured the pre-fame
Cam'ron,
Mase, and
Big L. After the group disbanded,
Cam'ron set up the Diplomat label and brought in
DukeDaGod, who became vice president of A&R, working on the label's official releases as well as maintaining the label's prolific mixtape series and online merchandising. Also heard as a hypeman throughout the Diplomat catalog, he has been featured most prominently on
Dipset: The Movement Moves On (2006),
Harlem Classics (2008), and Presidential Paper (2008).
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Andy Kellman, Rovi