Edward Tony Green

Tony began playing the bass at 14 years old. After forming his band in 1971, the Roadwork crew, Tony's passion for the music business grew tremendously. In 1975, L.J. Reynolds from The Dramatics noticed Tony's talent playing at a local club in Detroit. After auditioning for The Dramatics, Tony earned the bass players position in the group. Tony played bass, wrote, and produced many of their many of their hits including four songs from The Dramatic's gold album[1] ‘Do What You Wanna Do’, as well as their last top 10 song ‘Welcome Back Home’.

In 1978, Tony Green and Ron Banks of the Dramatics teamed up with George Clinton and wrote one of hip-hop's most sampled songs ‘One Of Those Funky Things’ from Parliament's ‘Motor Booty Affair’.[2] Even greater success came when Tony became the band director and bass player for Death Row Records in 1993. Throughout the development of the G-Funk sound, Tony's signature bass lines elevated several hit projects that went platinum including the Doggystyle album by Snoop Dogg, the All Eyez on Me album by Tupac, the Poetic Justice Soundtrack, the Above The Rim Soundtrack, the Grammy award-winning ‘Let Me Ride’ (Remix) by Dr. Dre, and Regulate by Warren G (see addt'l credits under Discography).

As Founder and CEO of Hyped International Records, Tony has continued to develop an impressive repertoire of compositions referred to simply as ‘The Vault’. Many of his projects are an eclectic blend of R&B, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, and Rock n’ Roll. His works have been sampled by artists such as DMX, EPMD, Erykah Badu, Ice Cube, Gang Starr, Master P, Ruff Ryders, The Game, and Tupac.

• 2017 – The Made Man Detroit Honoree, Presented by the 100 Black Men and Urban League[11]
• 2017 – Detroit Music Awards; Outstanding Rap Recording ‘The Ghetto’, Outstanding Rap Producer, Outstanding Rap Composer[12]
• 2016 – Detroit Music Awards; Outstanding Rap Producer[13]
• 2015 - Detroit Music Awards; Urban Musician[14]
• 2011 – Detroit Music Awards; Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip-Hop Recording for “One Shot” & Outstanding

Urban/Funk Vocalist[15]

• 2008 – Urban/Funk Award for Musicianship & Urban/Funk Songwriter of the Year[16]
• 1995 – 2008 (in progress)
• 1995 – Source Awards Winner for Soundtrack of the Year for the ‘Above The Rim’ Soundtrack[17]
• 1993 – Grammy Award for the ‘Let Me Ride’ single (honorable mention in lyrics)
• 1980 - ASCAP "Hit Song" Award for The Dramatics "Welcome Back Home"
• 1980 - ASCAP "Hit Song" Award for Five Special's "Why Leave Us Alone"
• 1979 - RIAA Platinum, Writer for George Clinton's "Motor Booty Affair” Album
• 1977 - RIAA Gold, Writer/Musician for The Dramatics "Do What you Wanna Do" Album