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Copperpot
Background information
Birth name Daniel Kuypers
Born February 18, 1979 (1979-02-18) (age 29)
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Hip-Hop producer
Instrument(s) Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, bass, turntables
Years active 2001 - present
Associated acts KRS One Edo.G Masta Ace Truth E.N.O.L.A. Mr. Complex Diverse Pace Won Braintax Verb T Kashmere Longshot Rodney P Psalm One
Website http://www.copperpot.cc

Daniel Kuypers (born February 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Copperpot, is an American record producer, rapper.

He was a member of the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A., which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life.[1] He has also produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers signed to Death Row Records and Aftermath Entertainment. He has produced several albums, many of which have sold tens of millions copies worldwide (including over 70 million with Eminem alone[2]). He is widely regarded as one of the most popular and powerful rap-music figures of all time. Rolling Stone magazine named him among the highest-paid performers of 2001[3] and 2004.[4] As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats.[1]