Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence


Val Anthony Ronald Lawrence, known professionally as Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence is an American record producer.
Lawrence was born on the island Dominica. In 1970, his family immigrated to the United States, settling in East Elmhurst, Queens, in New York City. After high school, he attended Howard University.
In college he met Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, and formed the rap duo Two Kings in a Cipher, which released the album From Pyramids to Projects. Later, the duo a Bad Boy Entertainment production team called "The Hit Men", with fellow Howard University alumnus Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Music career

The Hit Men produced numerous rap and R&B hits of prominent radio play. He is best known for the singles "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G, "Been Around The World" by Sean "Diddy" Combs, "Where I'm From" by Jay-Z, "Money, Power, Respect" by The Lox,, the Grammy-nominated "Love Like This" as well as "All Night Long" by Faith Evans, "Phenomenon" by LL Cool J, "You Should Be Mine" by Brian McKnight, "Can't Let Her Go" by Boyz II Men, "Cold Rock A Party" remix by MC Lyte, and "The Theme " by Tracey Lee. He produced the song "Wonderful" for Aretha Franklin, for her album So Damn Happy, a song whereby she won a Grammy for Best Vocal Performance. On June 23, 1998, Ron received a Governors Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences on.
Ron created the hip-hop source score of Spike Lee's film Bamboozled,, and appearing in it as a musical engineer. He produced the theme song " A Woman Like Me", by Beyoncé, for the Pink Panther soundtrack. Lawrence himself later studied film at the New York Film Academy and created the short film "Founding Fathers," a documentary on hip hop's birth and evolution.
In 2014 Ron started a film production company Spotlyte Media. In 2015, he produced and edited the short film "Above The Sun ". In 2016 he wrote, directed and produced the short film, "Angel Of Light" and the documentary "Commutation For Guy Fisher". In 2017, he produced, directed and edited the documentary Rap Dimension and Rolling Stone published Jay-Z’s 50 greatest songs with Ron’s production coming at number one. In 2018, he produced and edited the webisode series, "Diary Of A Music Producer". In 2019 Ron published his ' titled ', a book about his life story growing up in East Elmhurst, his experience at Howard University and creating hits for music industry legends. He also appeared in the  Netflix series, Hip Hop Evolution, Season 3 Episode 2 which is titled Life After Death, covers a segment on Sean "Diddy" Combs and The Hitmen. On November 1, 2019, honored with the Community Historian Award at their 50th-anniversary celebration.

Studio album

With Two Kings in a Cipher