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Bad News Brown - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

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NameBad News Brown
First NameBad
Last NameBrown
OccupationJudoka
BirthdayMay 8
Birth Year1977
Place of BirthHaiti
Home Town
Birth CountryHaiti
Birth SignTaurus
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Izaiah Frappier

Bad News Brown Biography

Bad News Brown is one of the most popular and richest Judoka who was born on May 8, 1977 in Haiti, Haiti.

Brown’s reputation as Montreal’s best street performer even led him to be chosen as the host for the 2003 documentary film Music for a Blue Train, a bluesy portrait of the musicians who busk in Montreal’s metro. The documentary was written and directed by Mila Aung-Thwin of EyeSteelFilm and produced by Germaine Ying Gee Wong for the National Film Board of Canada.

Brown frequently took on the role of a motivational speaker addressing youthful audiences and participating in multifold charities. As part of the “Music With Meaning” tour in 2009 for example, he spoke to an audience of mostly teenage boys in a youth detention center.

Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977 – February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Montreal-based Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was well known for pairing the sound of his chief instrument, the harmonica, with hip-hop beats and rhymes. Frappier started out busking in Montreal, taking his signature sound as a teenager to the streets and subway stations. He later toured and opened for many well-known hip hop acts or as background musician. He also appeared as an impromptu host in Music for a Blue Train, the 2003 documentary about busker musicians in the Montreal Metro subway train system. In 2004, he signed a management deal with E-Stunt Entertainment Group. In 2009, he established his own record label Trilateral Entertainment Inc and released his debut studio album Born 2 Sin. Brown was found murdered in an alley near the Lachine Canal in Montreal on February 11, 2011. Police said “there was evidence of violence at the scene”. The long feature film BumRush featuring him in a leading role premiered posthumously on April 1, 2011.

Bad News Brown Net Worth

Bad is one of the richest Judoka from Haiti. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bad News Brown's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeJudoka
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Brown’s corpse was found in an alley on February 11, 2011. Police said “there was evidence of violence at the scene”. His body was found in an industrial area near the Lachine Canal in Montreal. He was reportedly preparing for a show in Quebec City that was to be held a day later.

At the time of his murder, Brown was acting in an upcoming film about Montreal street gangs. The film entitled BumRush was being directed by Québécois film director Michel Jetté and portrays Frappier in a leading role as “Loosecanon”, a high ranking violent gang leader on a fictional “Rue I.B. 11.” in Montreal Brown was partly producing the film and was involved in casting. Some of his original works from his album Born 2 Sin was planned to be incorporated in the soundtrack of the film. The film was scheduled to premiere in April 1, 2011 in Canadian movie theaters and Jetté announced that it would also serve as a tribute to the slain artist.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Brown’s debut album, Born 2 Sin, released in September 2009 on his own indie label Trilateral Entertainment Inc is difficult to categorize due to the different styles employed, but Brown termed it… “Harmonic Hip-Hop” or “Electronic Triptronic Melodic Harmonics”. Intelligence is a classic Hip-Hop track featuring beats, scratching, and a cinematic production sound, while Back on It possesses a sexy and laidback vibe. The title track Born 2 Sin is a fusion of hip-hop and soul.

Who is Bad News Brown Dating?

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“Hip-Hop may be synonymous with many things, but harmonica has not traditionally been one of them. The Street? Yes. Bling? Uh-huh. Drugs? About as much as Lindsay Lohan’s nose. But the little sorrowful instrument that calls to mind lonely Hoover-era hobos train-hopping from Oklahoma? Not so much – until now, that is.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Born 2 Sin was released on iTunes July 28, 2009 and in stores on August 18, 2009. The album was distributed by Fontana North/Universal Music Canada.

The album was chosen as “disc of the week” in Vol.25 No.10 of the Montreal Mirror weekly newspaper. “Snappy and lighthearted, the title track of the debut from Montreal’s “harmonic hip hop” man is at odds with the predominating slinky, deep-blue club thumpers, many of which are produced by Zoobone’s capable Haig V. Sly raps and a functioning fusion of house, hip hop and R&B vibes abound, and Brown’s secret weapon, his harmonica—plaintive and insistent as a hungry housecat—integrates itself effortlessly”

Facts & Trivia

Bad Ranked on the list of most popular Judoka. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Haiti. Bad News Brown celebrates birthday on May 8 of every year.

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