Red Café

来自布鲁克林的圭亚那裔说唱歌手Red Cafe原名Jermaine Denny（1976年9月19日出生于南美洲小国圭亚那首都乔治敦）是纽约街头最受欢迎的说唱歌手之一。他为许多著名的说唱巨星代写过歌词，签约过Akon的Konvict Muzik，Diddy的Bad Boy唱片和DJ Clue的Desert Storm唱片。 
年幼时移民美国纽约城布鲁克林区的他在当地的弗拉特布什地区定居。自小就被人称作是“Red”的他经常在自己的歌中称自己为“R”。Red Cafe最初和另两位布鲁克林说唱歌手Gravy和Q Da Kid一起组成了一个名为Da Franchise的组合，并出现在了DJ Whoo Kid和Kay Slay的多张mixtape中。由于观念不和，三人最终解散。
2006年初，Red Cafe录制完他的个人处子专辑《I Got a Story To Tell》并计划通过Capitol唱片和西岸说唱名将Mack 10的Hoo Bangin'唱片公司发行，尽管推出过数支单曲，但这张专辑最后却未能发行。2007年，Red Cafe与DJ Envy一同发行了mixtape《The Co-Op》，并通过Koch唱片公司进行分销。不久之后他签约Akon位于Universal唱片旗下的Konvict Muzik唱片，并开始创作他的主流处子专辑《The Shakedown》，并计划于2008年发行。不过在2009年Red Cafe转投Bad Boy唱片之后，这张《The Shakedown》还是未能发行。 
 
在2009年的著名嘻哈传记类影片，怀念The Notorious B.I.G.的《Notorious》中，Red Cafe饰演了Primo，是一名即兴说唱战斗MC。同年4月，Red Cafe发行了单曲“Hottest In Da Hood”，并继续创作着属于他的那张处子专辑。by Cyril Cordor
Born in Guyana, Brooklyn rapper Red Café immigrated to New York with his family when he was young, settling in the Caribbean-populated Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Hip-hop music suddenly became an obsession for him after he first heard the Slick Rick/Doug E. Fresh classic "The Show." However, his real interest was turn toward the streets, where his life of crime eventually landed him in prison in 1992. Upon his release four years later, he formed a rap group named Da Franchise with neighborhood friends. The group signed with Violator Records and even appeared on several mixtapes and label compilations, but because the crew never really took off, they each went their separate ways. Red Café stayed with Violator and also began to rack up credits as a ghostwriter, including for Diddy's verse on the Busta Rhymes Top 20 single "Pass the Courvoisier" in 2002. After he left Violator, a series of failed major-label deals and, consequently, shelved albums followed. During his stint with Capitol, to which he was signed via Mack 10's Hoo-Bangin' imprint, Red Café even recorded a number of well-received singles, including "All Night Long" (appearing on the Coach Carter soundtrack in 2005), "Yellow Bottle," and "Bling Blaow." Despite the label ups and downs, he was able to maintain a consistent presence in New York through its mixtape circuit, collaborating with DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Envy, Craig G, and Clinton Sparks. In 2007, the Brooklyn rapper joined rising star Akon's boutique label Konvict Muzik. He first dropped the DJ Envy-hosted mixtape The Co-Op before releasing his Konvict Muzik/Universal full-length, The Shakedown.