Red Cafe, is an American rapper. He was born to Afro-Guyanese & Portuguese parents and is signed to SHAKEDOWN ENT
partnered with Akon's Konvict Muzik, & Diddy's Bad Boy Records.
Red Cafe was raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He has been called "Red" all his life, a nickname inherited from his father. He often refers to himself simply as “izz R" on songs he appears on by saying “izz R" Red Cafe began his career making strong appearances on many Whoo Kid, DJ Clue , DJ Envy mixtapes.
Amazingly as an underground rapper, REDCAFE’s work is internationally recognized. Legendary hits such as I’m I’ll , FLY TOGETHER W/ RICK ROSS & RYAN LESLIE , MONEY MONEY MONEY W/ FABOLOUS & DIDDY & “SHE A BAD ONE” feat CARDI B
Red Cafe partnered with Akon & interscope Records, then Red Cafe merged his Konvict deal with Bad Boy Records, with “The Shakedown “ his debut album still unreleased.
Nonetheless he is a MUSICAL HIT MAKING MACHINE.
With Many platinum hits under his belt. He has COMPOSED & or PRODUCED records for FRENCH MONTANA, DIDDY, FABOLOUS , JLO , RICK ROSS , FUTURE JEREMIH CHRIS BROWN E40, THE GAME, MAC 10, BUSTA RHYMES & the list goes on.
He was also featured in the Biggie Smalls biographic movie, Notorious as Primo, the freestyle battle rapper battling BIGGIE.
His SHAKEDOWN ENT has multiple new artist on the rise, J HARMONEY & MULA-RU.
He is currently involved with many philanthropic activities.
Red Cafe has yet to release a solo album in his career & says at this point he is content with writing producing for other great artist & also releasing timeless singles... this summer he will be releasing lots of new music & maybe even an album his says. but we look forward to all surprises. As he says we should.