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Pras Michel

Songwriter / Record Producer / Actor / Multi-instrumentalist | * 10/19/1972 (51) | Haiti (Haiti)
Prakazrel Samuel Michel (born October 19, 1972), known professionally as Pras, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of the hip hop group Fugees, alongside Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. After the Fugees, he earned two Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Grammy-nominated song "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa from the film Bulworth, and "Avenues" with Refugee Camp All-Stars and Ky-Mani Marley. He also collaborated with Jean and rock band Queen on the 1998 remix of "Another One Bites the Dust", which reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. In 2017, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series, as a producer on the web series The Bay. In 2019, he began to face legal issues when he was charged with criminal conspiracy for allegedly illegally donating to President Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign and lobbying the Trump administration to deter investigations into the 1MDB scandal involving fugitive Malaysian businessman Jho Low. On April 26, 2023, Pras was found guilty of 10 criminal counts in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Action | Adventure

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Movies with Pras Michel as Actor(11)

as Captain Michaels2008 Mutant Chronicles
as himself2007 Skid Row
as Sandman2007 Go Go Tales
as Zen Salesman2004 Careful What You Wish For
as Jackson / Jackie2002 Go for Broke
as Ed Green2001 Higher Ed
as Denzel / Diamond2000 Turn It Up
as Self (as Pras)2000 Da Hip Hop Witch
as Tony C1999 Mystery Men
as Self - The Fugees1998 Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

TV Shows/Series with Pras Michel as Actor(2)

as Nathan2002 Fastlane

Movies with Pras Michel as Crew(3)

Production/Producer2008 Mutant Chronicles
Production/Producer2002 Go for Broke
Production/Producer2000 Turn It Up

Additional Information

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Born: Thursday, 10/19 1972 (October) in Haiti (Haiti) (current age: 51 years + 162 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale University, Rutgers University
Member of: Fugees
Record Label: Columbia Records
Other names for Pras Michel (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Prakazrel Michel"
"Prakazrel 'Pras' Michel"
"Pras" (Pseudonym)
"Fugees"
Pras Michel frequently works together with these people:
Dale Resteghini (4x, Crew)
McG (3x, Crew)
John McNamara (3x, Crew)
Abel Ferrara (2x, Crew)
Bob Burden (2x, Crew)
Lauryn Hill (2x, Actress)
Kinka Usher (2x, Crew)
Rod Woodruff (2x, Crew)
Tony Prendatt (2x, Crew)
Jeff Jones (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:36439, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024