>Sept.6th – N.O.R.E. a.k.a. Noreaga was born Victor Santiago
>Jr. in Queens , New York , on this day in 1976.
>
>N.O.R.E. was 1st introduced to the hip-hop world as Noreaga in
>1996 with his partner in rhyme Capone as Capone-N-Noreaga. He
>took his name from former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noreaga.
>
>Capone-N-Noreaga or CNN for short , released their debut album
>“The War Report” on Penalty Records in 1997. “The War Report”
>contained the hit-singles ; “Capone Bone” , “Closer” ,
>“T.O.N.Y.”(Top Of New York) , “Illegal Life” and the
>controversial “L.A. , L.A.”. The album was produced by Tragedy
>Khadafi , who also was the architect behind the concept of the
>group.
>
>In 1998 , Noreaga released his Self-Entitled debut solo album
>,changing his stage name to N.O.R.E. in the process. The album
>was hugely successful, spawning the hit “Superthug” , produced
>by The Neptunes.
>
>In 1999 , calling himself Noreaga again , he released is 2nd
>solo album called “Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler”. Melvin Flynt ,
>an alter-ego for Noreaga , was a combination of Hustler
>Magazine founder Larry Flynt and the Oscar-winning Jack
>Nicholson character ; Melvin Udall in the 1997 Tri-Star
>Pictures film “As Good as It Gets”.
>
>In 1999 , Capone-N-Noreaga released their sophomore album as a
>duo called “The Reunion” on Tommy Boy Records.
>
>In 2002 , Noreaga released another solo album , this time on
>Def Jam Records called “God’s Favorite” , which contained the
>smash-hit “Nothin’”.
>
>In 2006 N.O.R.E. released the album “N.O.R.E. Y La Familia…Ya
>Tu Sabe” , which included the huge reggaeton hit “Oye Mi
>Canto”.
>
>Since then N.O.R.E. released 2 more solo albums ; 2007’s
>“Noreality” and 2009’s “S.O.R.E.” as well as 2 more CNN albums
>; 2009’s “Channel 10” and 2010’s “The War Report 2”.

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