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| Born | Charissa Saverio (1968-12-07)7 December 1968 (age 57) |
| Genres | Electronic,drum and bass,jungle |
| Occupations | Record producer,DJ |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Website | www |
Charissa Saverio (born 7 December 1968), and better known asDJ Rap, is a Britishdrum and bass,house andprogressive electronic musicproducer andDJ.[2][3]
While the majority of her work is in thejungle style, her more successful work is in traditionalelectronic music. DJ Rap owns, records for, runs andA&Rs two record labels Propa Talent and Impropa Talent. She is also a producer, model and actress.
DJ Rap was born inSingapore, daughter of an Italian father and an Irish-Malaysian mother.[1]She is the daughter of actress Elaine Edley[citation needed].[original research?] The family moved toSouthampton, England, when Saverio was a teenager.[1] She later lived inWalthamstow, East London before she became a DJ.
She has worked as an engineer, often collaborating with other artists. After being the first artist on the scene to self-release her first CD, she signed toSony along withGrooverider andLeftfield.[1]
Her artist album,Learning Curve, was released in 1999 to critical acclaim,[1][4] and resulted in several stylizedmusic videos, including two versions of "Good to Be Alive" (one for the CD version and another for the radio remix) and "Bad Girl", a song about having to be a strong woman to survive.Rolling Stone gaveLearning Curve three and a half stars, stating "this is the record Madonna wanted to make".
She also released compilation albumsJourneys by DJ,Propa Classics Vol. 1 and2,Brave New World,Armani Exchange CHEMISTRY andTouching Bass,Bulletproof, andUp All Night.
DJ Rap has also done vocals for several artists, includingBT (for "Giving Up the Ghost") andArt of Trance (for "Madagascar [Domi Nation Remix]").
In 2014, she played "Hologram Girl" inThe Principle, a documentary examining theCopernican Principle.
In the short filmsRiddle of the Mask andTruth of the Mask, she portrayed Helena Bertinelli aka the Huntress.
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