He changed his stage name when he was 15 years old at the Skateland USA, the same skating venue credited for launching N.W.A a few years later, due to a fan's suggestion. Nassif also funded DJ Prince's first record, "Strange Life". He kept performing there for several weekends and the success persuaded Nassif to invest even more in the place, renaming it "The Cave", where Nazel would continue to host for over three years and even after his N.W.A days. While working at a luggage store at the Del Amo Mall, its owner, Sam Nassif, asked him to DJ a party at a community center. Nazel took the stage name of DJ Prince and started selling mixtapes at school. Nazel went on to graduate from JunÃpero Serra High School in nearby Gardena. The younger Nazel got his first experience with making music at the radio station his father hosted his talk show on Nazel used the radio station's equipment to put together mixtapes that he would sell at school. His family tried its best to shelter him, sending him to a Catholic school and keeping him busy with football to keep him away from the gangs. His musical background came from his mother, a piano teacher and classical musician. Nazel was born in Compton, California to the son of Joseph "Skippy" Nazel Jr., an African-American author and radio talk show host. Kim Renard Nazel (born June 17, 1965), better known by his stage names Arabian Prince or Professor X, is an American rapper, record producer, and DJ.
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