Doc Brown (rapper) Zadie Smith. Smith attended Hampstead School and Malorees Junior School along with his sister, and was often seen in her shadow. Upon leaving school, Smith decided to pursue a musical career as a rapper. Doc Brown is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. He abandoned his drama degree halfway through to study American history. Explaining his stage name, he has said: "Doc Brown's been my nickname since school, after the scientist in "Back to the Future", because I was gangly and geeky. When I started doing rap battles in my teens, it became my hip-hop handle and it's
Irving Rapper Irving Rapper Irving Rapper (16 January 1898 - 20 December 1999) was an English-born American film director. Born to a Jewish family in London. Rapper emigrated to the United States and became an actor and a stage director on Broadway whilst studying at New York University. In 1936, he went to Hollywood, where he was hired by Warner Bros. as an assistant director and dialogue coach. He proved invaluable in translating and mediating for non-native English-speaking directors. By the early-1940s, he had metamorphosed into one of the hottest directors on the Warner Bros. lot. He made his directing debut with