B.G. The Prince OF Rap's real name is Bernard Greene. He was born in Washington DC. Like so many artists before him, the U.S. Army brought him to Europe. This is how, after graduating from high school, he arrived in Germany in 1985.

After he left the Army, he began to live of his talents of singer and dancer which he had discovered during his scholarship. "Everything began in a Gospelchoir at school", he tells. "My first musical experience was in a Rhythm & Blues style, which still remains my favourite music style".

Without any difficulty he made his place on the Frankfurter scene, awarding first places in many rap contests. So much talent could not remains unnoticed, and he was soon contacted by the producers who would launch his international carreer. Among these internationally recognized people was Jam El Mar and Stefan Benz. With this team B.G. could really deserve his surname 'The Prince OF Rap'.

His first official single, Rap to the World, was recorded by Monster Of Loud-Ness. Released in 1990, it scored big in German clubs.

It was followed by Give Me The Music and Take Control Of The Party. He released his first album The Power Of Rhythm in 1991.

His biggest hit in the US came in 1991 when he reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with his 4th single This Beat Is Hot. The single made it to #72 on the Hot 100 and #44 on the Hot Black singles chart. He followed that up with Take Control Of the Party, which reached #2 on the dance chart the following year.

Eurodance brought him back, along with a new album entitled The Time Is Now, in 1994. Among the releases from this album, let's mention the huge Eurodance hits Can We Get Enough (# 19 in Israel), The Colour Of My Dreams (# 10 in Israel and a big hit there even nowadays in the clubs), or Can't Love You (strongly inspired from Kim Wilde - If I Can't Have You).

For BG the public shows are as significant as the presence on the radio and in the charts. 'Live appearances', he says, 'are particularly important to me. There I can really emphasize fully my qualities of rapper. In studio I can only show a part of what I can do'. His shows are thus already well-known, and they allow BG to make his public discover his new creations, like Stomp. Released in 1996, this track contained some fast rap inserts, carried by very housy beats. 'It's a cover of a song by Brother Johnston, a song I always enjoyed. The idea of transposing it in the 90s made me enthousiastic'. This single announced a new album, with 'more raps, and more soul in the accommodations'. Entitled Get The Groove On, it did not have the success expected.

2004 : BG was featured by Big T for the single Bad Boy. Janet Taylor also contributed to choirs.

2005 : the German project Jet Set covered BG's hit Colour Of My Dreams. As for BG, he is now working at a museum near Wiesbaden in Germany where he moved in September 2005. He was said to be planning to release an album in 2006.

The producers

Jam El Mar

DJ and remixer, Rolf Ellmer aka Jam el Mar, is famous for being a member of Jam & Spoon and Dance 2 Trance. He did remixes for Dr. Alban, Enigma, Frankie Goes to of Hollywood or Quincy Jones.

Stefan Benz

Also known as Steven Bond, he co-wrote the lyrics of B.G.' s songs. He also co-produced the eurodance project DJ Company, and stood behind many other projects such as 2 Alive, A.B. Free, Secret Dream, Uplifters, Arena, Midori Fields, Mike NRG...

The singers

Paris Red

Paris released solo singles such as Good Friend, After The Love (Has Lost Its Shine), or Ain't No Mountain High Enough. She also did vocals for DJ Bobo.

She did vocals on The Colour Of My Dreams and on Rock A Bit.

Joan Faulkner

Joan's solo discography include the singles I Don't Wanna Talk and Groove Me. She also did vocals for Tokyo Ghetto Pussy (Everybody On The Floor (Pump It)) and Dee-Vah (Movin' Higher).

She did vocals on Wanna Be Free, on the album The Time Is Now.

Chi Chi Ordu

Chinyare Ordu was featured on the tracks Round And Round and Walk Over The Rainbow, on the album The Time Is Now.

Sabine Schmidt

She did vocals on Miles Away, on the album The Time Is Now.

Janet Taylor

She did vocals on Can't Love You. She was on stage with BG during most of their TV appearances. She even re-recorded some tracks earlier recorded with Paris Red's voice.
She later become the voice of DJ Sakin & Friends.

The co-rapper

Marko Kranjcevic aka Kut Master Kay contributed to This Beat Is Hot.

He was also featured on Darnell - I Wanna Be Your Lover. He also did scratches on Jam & Spoon's Kaleidoscope Skies.