P.D.A. (rapper)

P.D.A.

P.D.A.
Birth name	Anthony Jenkins
Genres	Pop, Hip-hop
Occupations	rapper, producer, songwriter
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Unsigned, Indie
Website	http://www.DrunkRapper.com

Anthony Jenkins, better known as P.D.A. is an American pop/hip hop artist and producer from Tulsa, OK. The name P.D.A. stands for Public Display of Afflection (Afflection being a hybrid of the words Affliction and Affection for what he states as a "the struggle between love and hate").^[1] He has been named one of Tulsa's Most Influential People in 2007,^[2] 2008,^[3] and 2010^[4]

Early life

P.D.A. started his music career early. He began singing in school choirs and at the age of 11 he joined the Tulsa Youth Opera and performed in off broadway musicals such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He then turned to hip-hop music at the age of 13 and released his first album "Prologue" at the age of 18. He interned at a local recording studio (Big Wolf Entertainment) where he learned the basics of studio recording and there he worked on his second album Act I – The Next Concept that was released later in his career due to artistic complications. He soon left Big Wolf Entertainment and started his own home studio under the name Squaresoft Productions (no relation to the video game company) and began work on his next album.^[5]

Music career

Act II – A Different Victim

He began work on Act II in the summer of 2006 and released the album in February 2007 after signing with the independent label Fat Lip Entertainment. The album consists of 17 songs and features samples from a wide range of different artists such as White Zombie, Melanie Safka, Diana Ross and the Supremes, as well as samples from the video game soundtracks of Um Jammer Lammy and Resident Evil 4. Act II also contains a remade version of Madonna's song "Human Nature". P.D.A. produced, recorded and mixed the entire album himself at his home studio.^[6] Act II – A Different Victim released to regional acclaim landing P.D.A. three of Tulsa World's Spot Music Awards for Album of the Year, and Best Hip-Hop Artist 2 years in a row^[7][8] and was nominated for an ABOT award for Best Locally Produced, Independent Album, but lost to a pre-fame David Cook.^[9] The album also helped him land the cover of Urban Tulsa, a popular publication in Tulsa.^[6] The local success of the album provoked a solid 2 years of national tours and eventually led to being featured in SPIN Magazine^[10] and Oklahoma Magazine^[11] and opening for acts such as Akon, Jeffery Star, The Millionaires, and Critical Bill.^[12] In 2010 Act II was named No. 61 in Oklahoma Rock's 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s.^[13] The album features artists Alex Cartwright,^[14] Philippian, Coco Jones, Big Hank, Jaquay, Infamous, Trauma, Tristan, and Kawnar.^[15]

A Hard Weeks Night

In January 2009 P.D.A. teamed up with fellow artist and friend Kawnar to recreate select songs from The Beatles catalog.^[16] The idea was to transform classic Beatles songs into hip-hop / pop music and get it done, start to finish, in one week with production by both P.D.A. and Kawnar.^[17] Prior to its release the pair released 4 videos documenting the week they worked on the project and the album was released for free in March 2009.^[18] "A Hard Weeks Night" was nominated at the ABOT's for Best Album.^[19]

Act III – Wasted Talent

Act III – Wasted Talent was released in September 2009. The 12 track concept album contains completely original material and tells the story of the frustrations and life of a "starving artist" and the hard road to fame through narration by P.D.A.. "Wasted Talent" is completely produced and written by P.D.A. and recorded by Connor "Kawnar" McFarland. The album features artists Co2, Trauma, Hatch, XV, Brandon Davis, and X-Cal.^[12] This event was captured and written about by a blogger from Wake Your Daughter Up, which can be found at Artist Insight – PDA – Wake Your Daughter Up ^[20]

InterMission

On May 17, 2011, P.D.A. released his first official mix-tape #InterMission.^[21] #InterMission features production from The Lost Jackson, Yuta Nakano, and Chris Cutta, along with features from Infamous, RonRon, Josh Sallee, and Navigator. It features samples from Ayumi Hamasaki, Lady Gaga, Nikki Minaj, The Fresh Prince, Willie Hutch, Private, Tom Waits, Adam Sandler, The Monkees, Chris Gaines and Yeong-wook Jo.^[22]

Other Projects

Drunk Rapper Movie Reviews

In January 2011, Anthony "P.D.A." Jenkins started creating comedy webisodes called Drunk Rapper Movie Reviews, where he reviews movies inebriated.^[23][24]

Episodes

• Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
• Jackass 3D

Discography

• 2002 – "Prologue"
• 2004 – "Act I – The Next Concept"
• 2007 – "Act II – A Different Victim"
• 2009 – "A Hard Weeks Night"
• 2009 – "Act III – Wasted Talent"
• 2011 – "InterMission"

References

1. ^ "DFEST". Tulsa World. http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2008/dfest/pda.aspx. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
2. ^ "The Hot 100 – Urban Tulsa Weekly's annual list of the hottest movers and shakers aroundSome names are old, some new. Some aren't even people. But they're all about Tulsa – News – Lifestyles – Urban Tulsa Weekly". Urbantulsa.com. January 3, 2007. http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A15595. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
3. ^ "The Hot 100 – Urban Tulsa Weekly's guide to the most influential people in our city – Cover Story – Urban Tulsa Weekly". Urbantulsa.com. http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A19016. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
4. ^ "Hot 100 – These are the most influential trailblazers who are setting out to make their mark in the new decade – Cover Story – Urban Tulsa Weekly". Urbantulsa.com. http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A28941. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
5. ^ "P.D.A.’s Biography – Discover music, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. February 11, 2009. http://www.last.fm/music/P.D.A./+wiki?ver=3. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Genre Bender, Blender – PDA struts to the beat of a different drummer with crossover Hip Hop, Rap and Rock. – Cover Story – Urban Tulsa Weekly". Urbantulsa.com. http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A15725. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
7. ^ "Red Alert snags two Spot music awards". Tulsa World. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=061015_Ne_A19_RedAl12402. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
8. ^ "Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=105975312&blogId=325869978. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
9. ^ "David Cook – Biography". Biggeststars.com. http://www.biggeststars.com/d/david-cook-biography.html. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
10. ^ "SPIN Magazine | Oct-11 | Inside | Zinio Digital Magazines". Digital.spin.com. http://digital.spin.com/spin/200804/?pg=120. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
11. ^ http://www.okmag.com/index.cfm?id=44&homepageid=67
12. ^ ^{a b} "Word to the Wise – PDA uses his creative freedom and proves his talent with Act III: Wasted Talent – Music – Soundcheck – Urban Tulsa Weekly". Urbantulsa.com. http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A28087. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
13. ^ "Oklahoma Rock Newsblog » Blog Archive » Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 00s: 70-61". Oklahomarock.com. January 7, 2010. http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=2252. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
14. ^ US. "Alex Cartwright | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/alexcartwright. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
15. ^ "iTunes – Music – Act 2: A Different Victim by P.D.A". Itunes.apple.com. April 3, 2007. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/act-2-a-different-victim/id265007838. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
16. ^ "This Week in Music". Tulsa World. http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20090409_270_ES13_Online874808&archive=yes. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
17. ^ "Oklahoma Rock Newsblog » Blog Archive » P.D.A. & Kawnar Take on the Beatles". Oklahomarock.com. March 31, 2009. http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=1582. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
18. ^ "Kawnar & Friends". Ahardweeksnight.com. http://ahardweeksnight.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
19. ^ "Urban Tulsa Weekly | Absolute Best Vote". Contest.flyfi.com. December 1, 2010. http://contest.flyfi.com/live/tulsamusicawards09/vote/. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
20. ^ OSnapple. "Artist Insight – PDA – Act III – Wasted Talent | Bloggerhouse Hip Hop". http://bloggerhouse.net/2009/10/02/artist-insight-pda-act-iii-wasted/. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
21. ^ "That Rapper P.D.A. Dot Com". Drunkrapper.com. http://www.drunkrapper.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
22. ^ "P.D.A". Drunkrapper.bandcamp.com. May 17, 2011. http://drunkrapper.bandcamp.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
23. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen! (January 31, 2011). "DrunkRapper.com Movie Review – Boondock Saints 2". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suUPGYrSaQg. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
24. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "DrunkRapper.com Movie Review – Jackass 3D". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekf8CaQL-h8&feature=related. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 

External links

• P.D.A.'s Official Website
• P.D.A.'s Myspace
• P.D.A.'s Facebook
• P.D.A.'s Tumbler

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Name	P.D.A.
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Date of birth	1984
Place of birth	Tulsa, OK
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