Paul Frappier
| Bad News Brown | |
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Bad News Brown in Montreal, 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Frappier |
| Born |
May 8, 1977 Haiti |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | February 11, 2011 (aged 33) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Harmonic hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer, harmonica player |
| Years active | 2001–2011 |
| Labels | Trilateral Entertainment Inc. |
| Website | badnewsbrown |
Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977 – February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Montreal-based Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was well known for pairing the sound of his chief instrument, the harmonica, with hip-hop beats and rhymes. Frappier started busking in Montreal taking his signature sound as a teenager to the streets and subway stations of Montreal. He later toured and opened for many well-known hip hop acts or as background musician. He also appeared as an impromptu host in Music for a Blue Train, the 2003 documentary about busker musicians in the Montreal Metro subway train system. In 2004, he signed a management deal with E-Stunt Entertainment Group. In 2009, he established his own record label Trilateral Entertainment Inc and released his debut studio album Born 2 Sin. He was murdered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and his body was found there on February 12, 2011. The long feature film BumRush featuring him in a leading role premiered on April 1, 2011.
Born in Haiti, Paul Frappier moved at a young age to Quebec, first living in Saint-Lazare and Hudson before settling in Montreal living with his adopted Québécois family in Montreal's Little Burgundy area. At school he suffered from dyslexia and struggled. He left home in his teenage years, and quickly discovered a talent for the harmonica that could earn him a living by busking on the street and in Montreal Metro stations. "Busking was the smartest thing I ever did in my life," he says. "It paid my bills, bought me my studio, and within two years I estimate 50 per cent of the city knew I existed."
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