What is Andre Harrell?
'''Andre Harrell''' (September 26, 1960 &ndash; May 8, 2020) was an American record producer and hip hop musician. He was born in [[Harlem, New York]]. Harrell was the founder of the [[record label]], [[Uptown Records]]. Harrell was president/CEO of [[Motown Records]]. He was the first half of the [[hip hop]] duo [[Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (group)|Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde]]. Harrell was most known as the man that turned [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] into a music mogul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegrio.com/2016/05/20/andre-harrell-dishes-on-how-helped-take-diddy-from-shirtless-bad-boy-to-music-mogul/|title=Andre Harrell dishes on how he helped take Diddy from shirtless 'bad boy' to music mogul|first=Natasha S.|last=Alford|date=20 May 2016|publisher=}}</ref> Harrell died on May 8, 2020 at his home in [[Hollywood]], [[California]] of [[heart failure]] at the age of 59.<!-- hijacked domain <ref>{{cite web|title=Founder of Uptown Records Andre Harrell Dead, Cause of Death|url=https://immiguy.com/founder-of-uptown-records-andre-harrell-dead-cause-of-death/|last=Admin|date=2020-05-09|website=Immi Guy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> --> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrell, Andre}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American hip hop musicians]] [[Category:American record producers]] [[Category:Musicians from New York City]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]]