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97-448: In 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda began a project titled The Hamilton Mixtape that would eventually transform into the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton . During the development of the musical production, Miranda frequently communicated that a "mixtape" of select songs from the show's score was being recorded. On November 3, 2016, Miranda announced on Twitter that the mixtape was complete and would be released on December 2, 2016. Preorders for

194-654: A popular culture phenomenon. Hamilton won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards and won 11, including Miranda's first win for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical . The Hamilton cast recording spent 10 weeks atop Billboard ' s Top Rap Albums chart and became the eleventh-biggest album of the 2010s. A frequent collaborator of the Walt Disney Company , Miranda has written original songs for

291-466: A 12-song cassette tape version of the album was also made available on February 10, 2017, featuring the original explicit versions of the songs. The Hamilton Mixtape debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 187,000 album-equivalent units , of which 169,000 were pure album sales. It marks the largest sales in a week for a compilation album since Cruel Summer by GOOD Music in 2012, and

388-481: A Detroit nightclub in 2003, which led to a fight between both rappers' entourages. Proof and Royce were arrested and jailed overnight in adjacent cells, where they talked out their differences and ended the feud. Their rivalry officially ended in 2008 when he was featured on D12's mixtapes Return of the Dozen and The Devil's Night Mixtape . Royce signed with Game Recordings, for whom he had recorded several tracks for

485-831: A Musical . Miranda won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical, and the Hamilton cast album won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album . In May 2016, for his work in the role of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda received the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award . On March 15, 2016, members of the cast of Hamilton performed at the White House and hosted workshops; Miranda performed freestyle rap from prompts held up by President Obama. In April 2016, Miranda and Jeremy McCarter published Hamilton: The Revolution ,

582-466: A benefit concert of Camelot at Lincoln Center opposite Solea Pfeiffer and Jordan Donica . In 2023, he wrote additional lyrics for the Broadway musical New York, New York . In August 2023, it was reported that he had begun work on a stage musical adaptation of the novel The Warriors (which was formerly adapted into the 1979 film of the same name ). Miranda worked with Eisa Davis on

679-440: A book describing Hamilton ' s journey from conception to Broadway success. It also discusses the sense of cultural revolution that permeates the show. Miranda gave his last performance in Hamilton on July 9, 2016, but vowed to return to the show. In 2017, he announced that he would reprise the role for one night in celebration of President Obama's commutation of the sentence of Oscar López Rivera . A documentary about

776-761: A brief appearance playing Roy Scheider from All That Jazz . The series won critical acclaim, and Miranda was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series as an executive producer. Miranda was cast as Lee Scoresby in the BBC series television adaptation of His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter praised Miranda in his review writing, "[While] I appreciate that Miranda feels initially miscast as Pullman's paragon of cowboy American masculinity...[he] forces you to reconstruct an image of American manliness around him, making him exactly what

873-515: A concept album based on the novel, Warriors , which was released on October 18, 2024. Miranda made his feature film debut in the Walt Disney Pictures live-action film The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012). Miranda interviewed with Disney in the winter of 2013. He submitted a six-song demo package to Walt Disney Animation Studios . This began a series of collaborations with the company: A feature film adaptation of In

970-548: A cousin of professional baseball player José Miranda . After a meeting with President Barack Obama in March 2016, Miranda joined U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand , Chuck Schumer , Elizabeth Warren , and other Democratic lawmakers to call for congressional action to back a Senate bill in Washington that would allow Puerto Rico to declare bankruptcy and significantly ease its $ 70 billion government-debt burden . Miranda

1067-509: A good student, though he said in a 2014 interview that he "did have a bit of attention issues". Royce has two sons, James and Trenton, and three daughters. He is a recovering alcoholic, being sober since September 11, 2012. One of the main reasons for his choice of sobriety was his son saying, "I love my dad. I think he's Superman, but I don't really know him". Montgomery married his high school sweetheart, who also attended Oak Park High School , and they had begun dating in 1995. Montgomery has

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1164-404: A guest role on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2018; he was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series . He has been politically active on behalf of Puerto Rico . Miranda met with politicians in 2016 to speak out in favor of debt relief for Puerto Rico and raised funds for rescue efforts and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Miranda

1261-647: A hip hop improv group that has toured the Edinburgh Festival Fringe , as well as the Aspen, Melbourne and Montreal Comedy festivals. The group created a limited television series for Pivot in 2014 and made its Broadway debut on October 2, 2019, at the Booth Theatre . The self-titled show gained positive reviews. Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics for Bring It On: The Musical with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green . Bring It On premiered at

1358-493: A leap of faith," says Royce. DJ Premier adds, "The bar has to be high. For this album to be another body of work and another chapter for both of our lives." Enlisting the music composing skills of Adrian Younge, DJ Premier went out of his comfort zone and sampled only Younge's music for the album's production. On November 24, 2015, PRhyme released the single "Highs & Lows" ft MF DOOM and Phonte of Little Brother to promote their upcoming PRhyme Deluxe Edition release. On December 11,

1455-456: A leap that big again in my life. I was very content to let Anthony Ramos and this incredible cast have their own experience." Miranda also served as producer and acted alongside Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins , Leslie Grace , and Jimmy Smits . The film was set for release on June 26, 2020, but was pulled from the schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic 's impact on the film industry . It

1552-468: A mashup of the songs "Story of Tonight" from Hamilton and "You Will Be Found" from the musical Dear Evan Hansen , sung as a duet with Ben Platt . A portion of the proceeds are being donated in support of the March for Our Lives initiative. The following weekend, Miranda and Platt performed the song together along with frequent Miranda collaborator Alex Lacamoire (who had also orchestrated both shows) at

1649-439: A move that he called his "biggest regret" in a 2016 interview with Complex . After Tommy Boy Records shut down, he signed a deal with Columbia and Game Recordings where he started recording an album called Rock City , referring to Detroit's former status as home to Motown Records . When the project was heavily bootlegged, Royce was dropped from Columbia in early 2002; he later signed to Koch , where he re-recorded some of

1746-539: A new original song with music by Broadway composer John Kander and performed by Miranda, was released with an accompanying video on November 20, 2018. On December 21, 2018, "One Last Time (44 Remix)" was released as the final Hamildrop. It is a remix of " One Last Time " featuring vocals from Original Broadway Cast Member Christopher Jackson , BeBe Winans , and 44th President of the United States Barack Obama . The remix peaked at number 38 on

1843-409: A rapper in 1995 and in his song "Tabernacle" he discusses his grandmother dying on the fifth floor of a hospital and his first son being born on the ninth. He started rapping at age 18, influenced mainly by Ras Kass , Redman , Tupac Shakur , The Notorious B.I.G. , Esham , Heltah Skeltah , LL Cool J , Nas , Jay-Z , Detroit's Most Wanted , and N.W.A . Through his manager Kino Childrey, Royce

1940-478: A retail version of the mixtape The Album ; the projects featured production from Green Lantern, 9th Wonder , DJ Premier and July 6, among others. Later worked on his Premier-assisted retail release, Street Hop , the lead single of which was " Shake This ", also produced by DJ Premier. The video to the song circulated the internet, and the project was released October 20, 2009. Joe Budden collaborated with Crooked I , Joell Ortiz , Royce da 5'9" and Nino Bless on

2037-649: A revised version of Schwartz and Nina Faso's 1978 musical Working , which opened in May 2008 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida . During these years, Miranda worked as an English teacher at his former high school, wrote for the Manhattan Times as a columnist and restaurant critic , and composed music for commercials. In 2003, Miranda co-founded Freestyle Love Supreme ,

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2134-431: A series of outdoor mini-performances for lottery participants that was hosted daily by Miranda and cast members for over a year, until August 31, 2016. Miranda earned a 3% royalty on each performance of Hamilton , earning him $ 12.7 million by July 2017. Hamilton won the Tony Award for Best Musical ; Miranda won Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical and was nominated for Best Actor in

2231-425: A tie-in television series. In 2022, it was revealed that he was no longer attached to the project. Miranda also worked in television. In 2007, he made a small appearance on the television series The Sopranos in the episode " Remember When ", and in 2009, he played Juan "Alvie" Alvarez, Gregory House 's roommate in a psychiatric hospital, in the two-hour season six premiere episode of House ; he returned to

2328-579: A total of three diss tracks. The first, "Shit on You", was recorded over the instrumental of D12's track of the same name and mainly attacked group member Bizarre . Following Royce's second track, "Malcolm X", D12 responded with "Smack Down", over the instrumental of 50 Cent 's "Back Down". Proof himself released the tracks "Many Men", over the instrumental of 50 Cent's " Many Men (Wish Death) "; and "Beef Is Ova", with rap group The Purple Gang. Royce responded with his third track, "Death Day", recorded over 50 Cent's " In Da Club ". Proof confronted Royce outside

2425-737: A track titled "Slaughterhouse" on his digital release, Halfway House . Based on the reception of the track, they decided to form a supergroup, minus Nino Bless, and named it after the first song they made together. They released numerous songs throughout early 2009, building a buzz for their self-titled album , which was released through E1 on August 11, 2009. The album features production from DJ Khalil , Mr. Porter and The Alchemist , plus guest appearances from Pharoahe Monch , K. Young and The New Royales. The group signed with Shady Records on January 12, 2011. On August 28, 2012, Slaughterhouse released their second studio album, Welcome to: Our House. As of November 23, 2012, it has sold 146,000 copies in

2522-491: Is an American rapper. Best known for his association with fellow Detroit rapper Eminem , they became acquainted in 1997 and formed the hip hop duo, Bad Meets Evil the following year. Their 2011 single, " Lighters " (featuring Bruno Mars ) peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded the release of their debut extended play (EP), Hell: The Sequel (2011). The song and its parent EP, which debuted atop

2619-484: Is the first compilation album to reach number one since Now 50 in 2014. According to Nielsen Music, the cassette version of the album sold just under 3,000 units in the year of 2017, in conjunction with the increase of overall cassette sales increasing by 35 percent the same year. In a tweet posted about a month before the Mixtape's release, Lin-Manuel Miranda implied that the album released on December 2 would only be

2716-486: The Billboard 200 , have yielded Montgomery's furthest commercial success. Montgomery first embarked on a solo career with his debut studio album, Rock City in 2002; originally slated for release the year prior, disputes with Columbia Records led it to an independent release. He released eight follow-up studio albums to critical acclaim; his latest, The Allegory (2020), earned Montgomery his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album in 2021. He also formed

2813-603: The Digital Song Sales chart and number 22 on the Hot R&;B Songs chart. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda ( / m æ n ˈ w ɛ l / ; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist . He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015), and

2910-656: The Fordham University School of Law . She was a lawyer at the law firm Jones Day from 2010 to 2016. At the wedding reception, Miranda, along with the wedding party, performed the Fiddler on the Roof song " To Life ". Miranda and Nadal have two sons: Sebastian (b. 2014) and Francisco (b. 2018). His son Sebastian was named after the Jamaican crab from The Little Mermaid , one of his favorite films,

3007-773: The Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan and was raised as a Catholic . During childhood and his teens, Miranda spent at least one month each year with his grandparents in Vega Alta , Puerto Rico. Miranda has one older sister, Luz, who is the Chief Financial Officer of the MirRam Group, a strategic consulting firm in Government and Communications. Miranda attended Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School . Among his classmates

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3104-546: The March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018. In order to raise money for Puerto Rico's reconstruction after being struck by hurricanes Irma and María , including at least $ 15 million to be channeled through the Flamboyán Foundation, Lin-Manuel decided to take, and once again play the protagonist role in Hamilton to his father's native Puerto Rico. The Miranda family donated approximately $ 1 million to bring

3201-648: The University of Puerto Rico theater up to par in order to use it as the venue for the musical's performance in January 2018. After tickets sold out in two hours for the three-week run, producers decided to move out of the university venue due to warnings of potential disruptions by a university workers' labor organization, and move the already-installed set to the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in Santurce , where

3298-422: The turntables and making an instrumental . PRhyme 2 was released on March 16, 2018. Months after the release of the deluxe version of PRhyme , Royce announced his sixth studio album Layers , which was released on April 15, 2016. He released the single "Tabernacle" to positive reception from fans and critics, and then released "Dead President Heads". On March 29, the free pre-album Trust The Shooter EP on

3395-662: The "Most Influential People in the World" and he received a star on the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame. Miranda received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2018. In December 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for creating Hamilton . Royce da 5%279%22 Ryan Daniel Montgomery (born July 5, 1977), known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9" ),

3492-610: The 2015 History Makers Award from the New York Historical Society for their work in creating the musical. The show began previews on Broadway in July 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and officially opened on August 6, 2015, earning positive reviews. On the first night of Hamilton previews, over 700 people lined up for lottery tickets. The Hamilton ticket lottery evolved into Ham4Ham ,

3589-502: The 2016 act has not led to the promised relief. Among his numerous accolades, Miranda has won a Pulitzer Prize , five Grammys , three Tony Awards , two Primetime Emmy Awards , and two Olivier Awards and has been nominated for two Academy Awards . In 2015, he was the recipient of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program . In 2016, Time magazine included Miranda in its annual Time 100 as one of

3686-785: The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2011. The musical began a US national tour on October 30, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. It played a limited engagement on Broadway at the St. James Theatre , beginning previews on July 12, and officially opening on August 1, 2012. It closed on December 30, 2012. It was nominated for Tony Awards in the categories of Best Musical and Best Choreography. In February 2012, Miranda appeared in Merrily We Roll Along , in

3783-498: The Cannon...," a song written and performed by rap duo Mobb Deep . The release of this song was nearly a year after Mobb Deep member Prodigy passed away, with Miranda tweeting "Rest in peace, Prodigy. Thank you Havoc." July's Hamildrops were delayed to the last week of August. The first one was "Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up," a Hamilton -inspired piece by Ibeyi . The second was a YouTube music video of Andra Day 's cover of Burn from

3880-564: The EP were released: " Fast Lane " and " Lighters " featuring Bruno Mars . This is considered Royce's biggest breakthrough into mainstream hip-hop as both singles received regular radio play. The album would be certified Gold by the RIAA . Bad Meets Evil would reunite again for the albums "Shady XV" and "Southpaw", the soundtrack to the film of the same name. On August 9, 2011, Royce released his fifth album, Success Is Certain . The album title plays on

3977-408: The Heights spent many years in development. On November 7, 2008, Universal Pictures announced that they planned to adapt it as a film for release in 2011. However, the project was canceled in March 2011, reportedly due to the fact Universal was looking for a "bankable Latino star" like Shakira or Jennifer Lopez instead of unknown actors. In January 2012, Miranda stated that the film adaptation

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4074-491: The Heights . Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes joined the team in 2004. After premiering in Connecticut in 2005 and opening at the 37 Arts Theater off-Broadway in 2007, the musical went to Broadway , opening in March 2008. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards , winning four, including Best Musical and Best Original Score . It also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album . Miranda's performance in

4171-474: The Machine, Ashley Sorrell, and KXNG Crooked (formerly Crooked I). This album contained four singles; the first, "Black Savage", was released on November 15, 2019. This generated a buzz around Royce's production and was featured on Jay-Z's "Inspire Change" campaign. Later, on January 17, 2020, Royce released the second single from the album "Overcomer" featuring Westside Gunn. On 31 January 2020, Royce released

4268-552: The March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. , on March 24. "Found/Tonight" peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On April 30, 2018, Miranda released a preliminary version of the song "Burn" performed by five singers who were currently playing or had previously played the role of Eliza; Arianna Afsar , Julia Harriman, Lexi Lawson , Rachelle Ann Go and Shoba Narayan. "First Burn" peaked at number 22 on

4365-615: The TV series Modern Family in the 2011 episode " Good Cop Bad Dog ". In 2013, he played the recurring role of Ruben Marcado in the NBC drama Do No Harm . He later appeared in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother , in an all-verse episode titled "Bedtime Stories" that aired in November 2013. On April 24, 2016, on the TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , at the end of a segment about

4462-520: The US Digital Song Sales chart. On January 26, 2018, Miranda released a remix of "Wrote My Way Out" from Hamilton by Royce da 5'9" , Joyner Lucas , & Black Thought featuring Aloe Blacc . A few days earlier, on the 19th, he released a music video on YouTube for the original version from the Mixtape. On May 31, 2018, a cover of "Helpless" performed by The Regrettes was released. On June 18, 2018, Miranda released "Boom Goes

4559-485: The United States which many Puerto Ricans see as an oppressor of the island. During the post show, Miranda met with protestors explaining that he had seen PROMESA as the only bipartisan option for the debt crisis previously, he does not support the austerity measures introduced and that he believes full debt-relief should now be pursued. Subsequently, he has argued for full debt-relief for the island and noted that

4656-447: The United States. In June 2013, the group began recording their second album with Shady Records. Super producer Just Blaze has been tapped to be Executive Producer of the project. The album was set to be released in 2016 but has since been delayed. After Royce reconciled with Eminem, the duo started working again on new music and released the album Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011, with Eminem's label Shady Records . Two singles from

4753-457: The album began on November 4, 2016, and two songs were officially released: Kelly Clarkson 's "It's Quiet Uptown" and The Roots ' "My Shot." "The following Friday, at midnight in all time zones, "Satisfied" and " Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) " were released, followed by "Wait For It" and "Wrote My Way Out" the Friday after. In addition to its digital, compact disc and vinyl record releases,

4850-523: The album, eventually releasing it on November 29 as Rock City (Version 2.0) . Despite poor album sales, the DJ Premier -produced single "Boom" gained Royce some underground recognition and eventually resulted in the two working together more closely. In 2002, Royce had a falling out with D12 including mutual friend and group member Proof , which sparked a public rivalry that resulted in Royce releasing

4947-543: The book, he wrote a rap about Hamilton that he performed for the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009, accompanied by Alex Lacamoire . Miranda later said he spent a year writing the Hamilton song " My Shot ", revising it countless times so that every verse would reflect Alexander Hamilton's intellect. By 2012, Miranda was performing an extended set of pieces based on

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5044-459: The closure of over 200 public schools, cuts to government labor benefits, and budget cuts at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). It was met with protests, with UPR shutting down due to student strikes over the measures in 2017. Miranda became a target of criticism, especially when he performed Hamilton in Puerto Rico, given his lobbying on the bill as well as the musical's subject matter of

5141-590: The creation of the show, Hamilton's America , featuring Miranda, premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 1, 2016, and first aired on PBS ' Great Performances series on October 21, 2016. A taping of the OBT version of Hamilton was released on Disney+ on July 3, 2020. On January 24, 2016, Miranda performed the offstage cameo role of Loud Hailer in the Broadway production of Les Misérables , fulfilling his childhood dream of being in

5238-422: The debt crisis in Puerto Rico, Miranda performed an emotional rap about allowing the island to restructure its debt. Miranda hosted Saturday Night Live on October 8, 2016, and played himself in two episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2017, receiving Emmy Award nominations for both appearances. In 2019, Miranda was the guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Disneyland . Miranda performed

5335-431: The deluxe edition was released which included the original PRhyme Album with four bonus songs featuring The Roots, Black Thought, Joey Bada$ $ and Logic featured on an extended version of the song "Mode". In May 2017, Royce confirmed on his Instagram account that he and DJ Premier are working on the sequel to their debut album, PRhyme 2 . He released a set of videos with one in particular featuring DJ Premier scratching on

5432-609: The earliest draft of what would become his first Broadway musical, In the Heights, in 1999, during his sophomore year of college at Wesleyan University . After the show was accepted by Wesleyan's student theater company, Second Stage, Miranda added freestyle rap and salsa numbers, and the show was premiered there in 1999. Miranda wrote and directed several other musicals at Wesleyan and acted in many other productions, ranging from musicals to William Shakespeare . He graduated from Wesleyan in 2002. In 2002, Miranda and John Buffalo Mailer worked with director Thomas Kail to revise In

5529-421: The film eventually auctioned off to Warner Bros. for $ 50 million. While Miranda originated the role of Usnavi, he felt he was too old to star as Usnavi in the film adaptation. Ultimately, Miranda played the smaller role of Piraguero, the "Piragua Guy", in the film. He was quoted as saying the Broadway production was "...a miraculous experience. I went from substitute teacher to Broadway composer. I will never make

5626-400: The first volume, hinting at a Vol 2 to be released later. However, about a year later, Miranda admitted he was having trouble compiling a second album that satisfied him as much as the first mixtape, and cancelled the second volume, announcing that instead he would be releasing 13 tracks, once a month, over the following year. He referred to these releases as "Hamildrops." On December 14, 2017,

5723-542: The group in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Miranda was invited to perform. Backstage, the mother of Residente and ILE revealed their connection to Gilberto Concepción de Gracia , founder of the Puerto Rican Independence Party . Miranda and Residente have since confirmed the relationship. In 2017, Miranda performed on the opening track of Residente's self-titled debut album . Miranda is

5820-430: The hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse with Joe Budden , Joell Ortiz and Kxng Crooked in 2008. Active for a decade, the group released two studio albums— Slaughterhouse (2008) and Welcome to: Our House (2012)—to commercial success. In 2014, he formed the hip hop duo PRhyme in 2014, with producer DJ Premier ; they have released two albums. In an interview with DJ Vlad , Royce stated that his first stage name

5917-482: The leading role of Usnavi earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . Miranda left the cast of the Broadway production on February 15, 2009. Miranda reprised the role when the national tour of In the Heights played in Los Angeles from June 23 to July 25, 2010. He again joined the tour in San Juan, Puerto Rico . Miranda rejoined the Broadway cast as Usnavi from December 25, 2010, until

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6014-497: The life of Hamilton, which he referred to as the Hamilton Mixtape. The New York Times called it "an obvious game changer". Hamilton: An American Musical premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater in January 2015, directed by Thomas Kail. Miranda wrote the book and score and starred as the title character. The show received highly positive reviews, and its engagement was sold out. Chernow and Miranda received

6111-607: The lyrics for the song "Checks and Balances", which was sung by Benjy Brooke for the 2021 Netflix animated series We the People . He appears as Hermes , messenger of the gods, in Percy Jackson and the Olympians , which premiered on Disney+ on December 19, 2023. Miranda and his wife, Vanessa Nadal, attended high school together and married in 2010. Nadal is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and

6208-419: The mixtape The Bar Exam . He also announced an album with Premier; in an interview with Elemental Magazine , Royce stated that, contrary to rumors, Premier would not be producing the entirety of his upcoming album, but will be overseeing the project as executive producer, handpicking all of the beats. Following The Bar Exam , Royce wrote the single for Diddy 's album Press Play , " Tell Me ". Following this,

6305-464: The mixtape website Datpiff was released to positive critical consensus. In July 2015, Royce collaborated with Lazarus and was featured on the single Underdog which was released under Russell Simmons ' All Def Digital channel. The music video of the single was released in February 2016. On March 31, 2016, Royce announced that a new album titled Book of Ryan was near completion. The album

6402-483: The music and lyrics for and starring in the musical In the Heights , which won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album . It was later adapted as a 2021 film of the same name. Miranda returned to Broadway in 2015, writing the script, music, and lyrics for as well as starring in the musical Hamilton , which was praised by critics and became

6499-399: The night in neighboring cells in jail. The time spent in jail led to the artists ending their feud and subsequently embarking on two overseas tours together. Though Royce had planned other projects involving Nottz and his former crew, D-Elite, these were cut short after a sentencing to one year in jail for a DUI. After his release in 2007, Royce with DJ Premier and Statik Selektah released

6596-559: The original soundtrack. On September 20, 2018, Miranda released " A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado) " featuring Puerto Rican singers Zion & Lennox , De La Ghetto , Ivy Queen , PJ Sin Suela and Lucecita Benitez. The song peaked at number 13 on the US Latin Digital Song Sales chart. On October 30, 2018, a cover of a deleted reprise of "Dear Theodosia" performed by Sara Bareilles was released. "Cheering For Me Now",

6693-579: The performances ran from January 11 to January 27. The production donated additional hundreds of thousands of dollars in improvements to the Ferré Performing Arts Center. In 2016, Miranda advocated for the passing of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), a law setting out to restructure the debt of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. The law led to budget cuts resulting in

6790-415: The producer expressed interest in signing the lyricist to Bad Boy . Nas has also stated that he would like to sign Royce to his Def Jam imprint, The Jones Experience. Neither of these deals, however, materialized. In early 2008, Royce confirmed that he had officially resolved misunderstandings between himself and Eminem. He released The Bar Exam 2 with DJ Green Lantern later in the year, as well as

6887-477: The production closed on January 9, 2011, after 29 previews and 1,185 regular performances. Miranda created other work for the stage during this period. He wrote Spanish-language dialogue and worked with Stephen Sondheim to translate into Spanish song lyrics for the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story . During this time, he also performed at bar and bat mitzvahs. In 2008, he was invited by composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz to contribute two new songs to

6984-406: The reason for which he took the job of composing the music for the live-action version. Sebastian was the first name listed in the production babies credits of Moana , for which Miranda wrote the songs. Miranda's son Francisco is listed as a production baby in the credits for Vivo . Miranda discovered that he is related to artists Residente and iLe of Calle 13 during a 2009 concert by

7081-432: The relative success of his second effort, Royce put out a third solo project, Independent's Day , in 2005. This was met with less acclaim than either of his previous releases. During this time, the rivalry between Royce and former friend Proof reached a boiling point in the streets of Detroit, on an occasion where the two rappers drew guns; they were subsequently arrested and left to work out their differences while spending

7178-485: The role in May 2010. For Sesame Street , he occasionally played roles and sang the theme song to the recurring segment Murray Has a Little Lamb . He was a composer and actor on the 2009 revival of The Electric Company and appeared in the CollegeHumor sketch "Hardly Working: Rap Battle", playing himself working as an intern and rapper. He played several television roles during this period. He appeared on

7275-505: The role of Charley, in an Encores! staged concert at New York City Center . His theatrical achievements in 2014 included an Emmy Award for the song "Bigger!", which he and Kitt co-wrote for the opening number at the 67th Tony Awards . Miranda wrote music and lyrics for the one-act musical 21 Chump Street , and performed as narrator for the show's single performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on June 7, 2014. It

7372-517: The same day as announcing the Hamildrops, Miranda announced that the first release would be "Ben Franklin's Song" by The Decemberists . The song's lyrics are taken from lyrics to an unused Hamilton song that Miranda had written with the band in mind. The finished track had lyrics written by Miranda and music written by Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy . The song was released the following day, and

7469-441: The series needs". On July 29, 2019, it was announced that Miranda had teamed with TV producer Norman Lear to make an American Masters documentary about the life of Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno , titled Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It . It premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival . Miranda, in collaboration with Brittany Howard , Daveed Diggs , Kristen Anderson-Lopez , and Robert Lopez , wrote

7566-583: The show, as it was the first production he ever saw on Broadway. In January 2019, Miranda reprised the title role in Hamilton for a three-week limited engagement at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in Puerto Rico from January 11–27, 2019, for which the engagement was sold out in three hours in November 2018. In a review, Chris Jones praised "deeper on-stage emotions" in Miranda's reprisal, as well as improved vocal and dance technique than on Broadway. In March that same year he played King Arthur in

7663-611: The soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto III , released in 2001. The in-game radio station, Game Radio FM , prominently featured Royce's " I'm the King " and The Alchemist -produced solo track, which (along with the publicized beef) helped elevate Royce's name beyond his association with Eminem. In 2001, Royce was featured on pop singer Willa Ford 's song " I Wanna Be Bad ". In 2004, he released his second and most critically successful album to date, Death Is Certain , charting with another Premier-produced single, " Hip Hop ". After

7760-490: The soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo , and Encanto (both 2021). He has received numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize , three Tony Awards , two Laurence Olivier Awards , two Primetime Emmy Awards , and five Grammy Awards , along with nominations for two Academy Awards . He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018. Miranda made his Broadway debut in 2008, writing

7857-560: The studio. He gained two Academy Award for Best Original Song nominations for " How Far I'll Go " and " Dos Oruguitas " from Moana and Encanto , respectively. The song " We Don't Talk About Bruno " from Encanto broke various records and marked Miranda's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles charts. He starred as Jack in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns (2018), for which he

7954-680: The theme song for the Netflix original series The Magic School Bus Rides Again , the revival and sequel series of the 1994 series The Magic School Bus . He played the part of Amy's brother (David Santiago) in the episode " The Golden Child " in Brooklyn Nine-Nine . In 2019, Miranda served as an executive producer on the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon based on the relationship of Broadway dancer, choreographer, and director Bob Fosse and his wife dancer Gwen Verdon . Miranda also made

8051-464: The third single "I Don't Age", which he said was "the first song he made using a self-produced beat". The album peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard 200. In February 2021, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album , losing to Nas ' King's Disease . In 2022, Royce released a greatest hits album titled The Heaven Experience, Vol. 1 . In high school, Montgomery was generally

8148-410: The title of his second release, Death Is Certain . In 2014, Royce and DJ Premier announced that they would release a collaborative album as the duo PRhyme. In September 2014, Royce da 5'9" and DJ Premier spoke about the album, saying: "I want people to appreciate the fact that we didn't compromise in lieu of the environment. In order to try to change the way that people digest music, we had to take

8245-506: The track " Renegade ", from which Royce's vocals would later be replaced with Jay-Z 's on the latter's The Blueprint . Through Eminem, Royce was introduced to both Dr. Dre and execs at Game Recordings , but they parted ways after Royce refused Dre's request that he cut ties with Childrey. Royce signed his first recording contract in 1998, a $ 1-million deal with Tommy Boy Records . He had rejected an offer beforehand from Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment of $ 250,000 and unlimited beats ,

8342-431: Was Chris Hayes , now a journalist. He was Miranda's first director when Miranda starred in a school play, described by Hayes as "a 20-minute musical that featured a maniacal fetal pig in a nightmare that [Miranda] had cut up in biology class". His classmates also included Immortal Technique , a rapper who had bullied Miranda, although the two later became friends. Miranda began writing musicals at school. Miranda wrote

8439-459: Was "R-Dog", which was short-lived. He moved to Oak Park, Michigan when he was ten years old, later acquiring the nickname "Royce" in high school after wearing a chain with an R pendant resembling the Rolls-Royce symbol. Royce's name comes from his height, 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm), but the numbers five and nine have been in his life numerous times as he "found his calling" as

8536-461: Was back under discussion; in May 2016, it was announced that Miranda would co-produce the film with Harvey Weinstein and backing from The Weinstein Company . On June 10, 2016, Jon M. Chu came on board to direct the film adaptation of the musical . In the aftermath of numerous sexual misconduct allegations made against Weinstein, his producer credit on the film was removed, with the rights to

8633-672: Was born on January 16, 1980, in New York City to Luz Towns-Miranda, a clinical psychologist, and Luis Miranda Jr. , a political consultant . He is of predominately Puerto Rican descent and also has distant Mexican, English, and African American ancestry. His parents named him "Lin-Manuel" after a poem about the Vietnam War by Puerto Rican writer José Manuel Torres Santiago entitled " Nana roja para mi hijo Lin Manuel " ("Red Lullaby for My Son Lin Manuel"). Miranda grew up in

8730-540: Was broadcast on National Public Radio 's This American Life on June 20, 2014. Later that month, he starred in the June 2014 Encores! revival of Jonathan Larson 's Tick, Tick... Boom! , under the artistic direction of Jeanine Tesori . The show was directed by Oliver Butler . Earlier in 2014, he guest starred in a show by comedy duo The Skivvies . While on vacation in 2008, Lin-Manuel Miranda had read Ron Chernow 's biography of Alexander Hamilton . Inspired by

8827-413: Was introduced to fellow Detroit rapper Eminem on December 29, 1997. The two formed a duo, Bad Meets Evil , and released several tracks together. On August 20, 1998, they appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show for the first time. Royce appeared on Eminem's debut studio album The Slim Shady LP (1999), in which he was featured on a song called " Bad Meets Evil ". They later collaborated on

8924-556: Was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . For his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton released in 2020, he received a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Miranda debuted as a film director with Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021). His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company (2009–2010) and His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Miranda hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016 and had

9021-577: Was originally planned to be his second album of 2016, but after multiple delays, the album was officially released on May 4, 2018. That same year, Royce confirmed via social media that his supergroup, Slaughterhouse, had disbanded following the departure of Joe Budden . Later that year, he was featured on the Eminem single " Not Alike " from his 2018 album Kamikaze . On February 21, 2020, Royce da 5'9" released his eighth studio album, The Allegory , which included features from T.I, Westside Gunn, Conway

9118-640: Was particularly active in the wake of Hurricane Maria 's devastation in Puerto Rico, and by December 2017, proceeds from his song " Almost Like Praying " helped the Hispanic Federation raise $ 22 million for rescue efforts and disaster relief. Miranda uses proceeds from Hamilton to support Graham Windham , a nonprofit adoption agency founded by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton . Miranda performs at their fundraising gala benefits in New York City and helps to fundraise for children in foster care. He performed " Found/Tonight " with Ben Platt at

9215-560: Was received warmly by fans and historians alike. "Ben Franklin's Song" peaked at number 15 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart. On March 2, 2018, (referred to as "February 30" by Miranda), a polka medley of songs from the musical recorded and arranged by "Weird Al" Yankovic was released. "The Hamilton Polka" peaked at number 1 on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales. On March 19, 2018, Miranda released

9312-417: Was released in theaters and temporarily on HBO Max on June 10, 2021. Imagine Entertainment announced in July 2018 that Miranda would make his debut as a film director with an adaptation of Jonathan Larson 's semi-autobiographical musical Tick, Tick... Boom! , to be scripted by Dear Evan Hansen librettist Steven Levenson . Miranda produced the film alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer : it

9409-511: Was released on Netflix in 2021. The same year, Miranda starred as the titular character in addition to providing eleven songs and serving as an executive producer for Vivo , a Sony Pictures Animation film directed by Kirk DeMicco which was released on Netflix in August 2021. Miranda agreed in 2016 to serve as executive producer and composer of Lionsgate 's film adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss , as well as

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