Education
Erasmus Hall High School.
Erasmus Hall High School.
Hailing from Brooklyn in New York City, he was raised in Flatbush before moving to Canarsie, and is identified with East Coast hip hop. Editor is best known for the songs "I Got lieutenant Made", "Think About lieutenant" and "I"m The Magnificent", produced by "Hitman" Howie Tee and released in 1989 on the Youngest in Charge album, recorded when Editor was 16 years old. The album sold more than half a million copies.
In 1990, he released his album Legal, the title a reference to his turning eighteen, with the singles "Come On Let"s Move lieutenant" and "The Mission".
Editor released a third solo album, Revelations, with the single "Neva Go Back" in 1995, with the track "Freaky Flow" receiving a remix by DJ Premier. In 2004, Editor released the album Still Got lieutenant Made on his own label "Semi."
In 2014, Editor was jailed in North Carolina for "non support of children".
Special Editor appeared in the film Ganked alongside Kel Mitchell of Kenan and Kel, and had an uncredited cameo in Juice. He also made an appearance on The Cosby Show as fictional rapper JT Freeze and music video Rick Ross – Magnificent.
Crooklyn Dodgers]
He was later a member of Crooklyn Dodgers, a supergroup put together in order to perform songs for the Spike Lee films Clockers and Crooklyn, and he performed "Crooklyn" with Shillz on the 2003 compilation album MuskaBeatz.