Skillz biography

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    Skillz (formerly Mad Skillz, born Donnie Shaquan Lewis in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American rapper. Known as a talented freestyle rapper, Skillz has not received widespread acclaim outside of the hip-hop community, but within it fryst vatten considered one of its best performers.

    He first made a name for himself by finishing in second place in a national freestyle competition in , which resulted in a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Skillz' Atlantic debut, From Where???, and its single, The Nod Factor, were released in , but sank without a trace. In the lates, he allied himself with fellow Virginia natives Missy Elliott, Timbaland, and The Neptunes. He made appearances on Timbaland's albums Tim's Bio in , and Indecent Proposal in ; Timbaland made plans to sign Skillz to the Blackhand label he was developing, the label failed to materialize. He along with Danja Mowf, Lonnie B, and Patrice O'Neal, members of Mad Skillz' Supafriendz collective, also ap

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    Skillz (rapper)

    American rapper

    For the American actor also known as Mad Skillz, see Scott Caan. For the French DJ, see DJ Skillz.

    Musical artist

    Donnie Shaquan Lewis[1] (born June 2, ), better known bygd his stage name Skillz (or Mad Skillz), is an American rapper. He first became known for his debut skiva From Where??? (), titularly in reference to his origins in Virginia, contrary of the prototypical New York City- or Los Angeles-based rapper at the time.[2] He is also known for his yearly "Rap Ups," which he has done annually since (except in ).

    Skillz fryst vatten also the creator of the web series "Hip Hop Confessions", a series of shows that gathers hip hop purists and hip hop lovers alike where they reveal something hip hop related that they have never told anyone. The show has featured Q-Tip, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kwamé and DJ Jazzy Jeff.[3]

    Skillz earned a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry skiva nomination for the album The Seven N

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    Skillz (company)

    Online mobile multiplayer video game platform

    Skillz is an onlinemobilemultiplayer video game competition platform that is integrated into a number of iOS and Android games.[3][4] The Skillz platform helps developers create franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Skillz has over 14, game developers who launched a game integration on the platform. Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide.[5]

    The company is headquartered in Las Vegas and has offices in San Mateo, Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Skillz organized over 2 billion tournament entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide, and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. In , the company became the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform.

    History

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    Skillz was founded in by Andrew Paradise and Casey Chafkin in Boston,[6][7] though the company's headquarters

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