Def Jam Rapstar
Platforms: Wii · PlayStation 3Genres: Genres · Action · Simulation · Video backdrop · Music / rhythm · Party game · Licensed
The ultimate MC experience, DEF JAM RAPSTAR is the only music game that focuses exclusively on Hip Hop. With 45 tracks spanning the history of Hip Hop, DEF JAM RAPSTAR allows you to rap along with...
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Cast & Crew · 254 people
- Mark Randel· President and Chief Technical Officer
- John O'Keefe· Studio Director
- Drew Haworth· Creative Director
- Adam Norton· Art Director
- Kyle Richards· Audio Director
- Brendan Goss· Executive Producer
- Paul Eckstein· Producer
- Alexis Hebert· Community Manager
- Russell Mirabelli· Lead Programmer
- Andrew Davis· Programmers
- Chad Fuhlman· Programmers
- Daniel Hilburn· Programmers
- Chris Johnson· Programmers
- Dean Kusler· Programmers
- Joseph Scheinberg· Programmers
- Chris Schmelzle· Programmers
- Josh Stoddard· Programmers
- Brenden Tennant· Programmers
- Paul LaSalle· Lead Artist
- Glenn Gamble· Senior Special Effects Artist
- Jessica Nida· Artist
- Christopher Barker· Art Intern
- Robert Selitto· Lead Designer
- Dennis Chappell· Game Designers
- Justin Taylor Miller· Game Designers
- David Kizale· Sound Designers
- Tyler Piersall· Sound Designers
- Dave Cain· Song Implementers
- Jose Sanchez· Song Implementers
- Phillip Washington· Song Implementers
- Joseph Kreiner· VP of Sales and Marketing
- Chris Bream· Technical Director
- Ryan Monday· Technical Artist
- Marius Ulsamer· Lead Network Programmer
- Ian Callanan· Support Engineers
- Tom Johnson· Support Engineers
- Harold Myers· Support Engineers
- Michael Bales· Additional Programming
- Allen Bogue· Additional Programming
- Matt Butler· Additional Programming
- Marvin J. Douma· Additional Programming
- Eric Fowler· Additional Programming
- Seth Hawkins· Additional Programming
- Jennifer Lear· Additional Programming
- Nathan Peugh· Additional Programming
- Romesh Prakashpalan· Additional Programming
- Craig Reichard· Additional Programming
- paul russell· Additional Programming
- Jayson Smith· Additional Programming
- Patrick Goss· QA Manager
- Edmund Chang· QA Leads
- Shawn Bovea· QA Leads
- Greg Martin· QA Leads
- James Clevenger· QA Testers
- Drew Danielson· QA Testers
- Lori Gentry· QA Testers
- Andres Hernandez· QA Testers
- Daniel Craig· QA Testers
- Scott Coker· QA Testers
- Michelle Eastman· QA Testers
- Neil Norton· QA Testers
- Kyle Bo Rogers· QA Testers
- Diana Handler· Human Resources Director
- Karen Castro· Office Manager
- Maricor Gardner· Controller
- James Wilkinson· Systems and Network Administrator
- Matthew Hall· Business Systems Technician
- Francois Shogreen· Additional Art
- Matthew Emery· Additional Design
- DJ Rowden· Additional QA
- Jason Alexander· Special Thanks
- Stephen Cluff· Special Thanks
- Brian Fieser· Special Thanks
- Shawn Spetch· Special Thanks
- Bobby St. Aubin· Special Thanks
- Phil Brooks· Additional Thanks
- Tracy Gamble· Additional Thanks
- Julia Gilbert· Additional Thanks
- London Hilburn· Production Babies
- Tanek Davis· Production Babies
- Parker Tennant· Production Babies
- Nick Perrett· CEO
- Jamie King· CCO
- Gary J. Foreman· CTO
- Paul Coyne· EVP
- Alexander Reyna· Creative Director
- Mark Garone· The Producer
- Heath Loshbaugh· Production
- Lance Williams· Production
- Layne Braunstein· Motion Graphics
- Jack Lykins· Motion Graphics
- Genevieve Manion· Motion Graphics
- Anatole Branch· Motion Graphics
- Rogelio Olguin· 3D Art
- Christian A. Godoy· 3D Art
- Ewen Young· Senior Web Developer
- John Gist· Director of Online Design
- Lucien Parsons· Head of Operations
- Ward Welch· Web Developers
- Skip Matheny· Web Developers
- Keegan Dewitt· Web Developers
- Sean Michaels· Integration Architect
- Michael Walker· Systems Architect
- Celina Alvarado· Web Designers
- Carla Gannis· Web Designers
- Tristian Spence· Web Designers
- Michael Bocian· Research
- Jen Taclas· Research
- Devin Winterbottom· Director of Marketing
- Devin Bennett· Communications Director
- Courtney Adams· Lifestyle Marketing Director
- Alison Kain· Marketing Manager
- Joe Rapolla· VP Consumer Marketing
- Larry Hester· North American Community Manager
- Gavin Shackell· European Marketing Director
- Sarah M. D. Wellock· Marketing Manager
- Jayme Figueroa· Interns
- Julie Marracino· Interns
- Julia Chernyak· Office Manager/HR Manager
- Alexander Horton· Intro Movie
- Allen Wyke· Special Thanks
- Philip Barber· Special Thanks
- Philip Kearney· Special Thanks
- Joanna McGee· Special Thanks
- Marc Goldberg· Special Thanks
- Matty McFly· Special Thanks
- Maxime Robin· Special Thanks
- Patricia Bernetti· Special Thanks
- Sylvain Adeline· Special Thanks
- Kevin Liles· Executive Producers
- Russell Simmons· Executive Producers
- Lyor Cohen· Executive Producers
- Lauren Wirtzer· Executive Producers
- James Waller· Project Coordinator
- Brian Berger· Music Coordinators
- Michael Glover· Music Coordinators
- Walter Randolph· Music Coordinators
- DJ Riz· Intro Movie Music
- Alex Collmer· CEO
- Jason Donnell· President & COO
- Murali Tegulapalle· President of Production
- Jeff Ulin· Executive Vice President
- David Kim· Vice President Marketing
- Gene Bahng· Executive Producer
- Jimmy Balodimas· Special Thanks
- Peter Scialla· Special Thanks
- Paul Scialla· Special Thanks
- Shinji Hirano· President
- Kazuya Takahashi· EVP of Production
- Careen Yapp· VP of Licensing and Business Development
- David Daniels· Director of Marketing
- Lauren Faccidomo-Evans· Senior Brand Manager
- Christine Catle· Associate Brand Manager
- Jay Boor· Associate Director of Public Relations
- Brandon Cox· Senior Public Relations Manager
- Robert Santini· Associate Public Relations Manager
- Ulises Gerardo· Director of Creative Services
- Ron Walters· Senior Manager of Creative Services, Senior Manager of Marketing
- James Cunningham· Graphic Designer
- Clara Baum· Senior Director of Strategic Marketing and Partnerships
- James Kwon· Director of Online Marketing
- Danielle De Wald· Project Specialist
- George Richard· VP of Sales
- Todd Koniares· VO of Operations
- Erik Biondo· Director of Peripherals
- Alaine C. de Leon· Director of Sales Support and Operations
- Wladia Summers· Senior Director of Monitoring Group
- Marcus Quinn· Monitoring Group Supervisor
- Cory Max Bernhardt· Monitoring Group Coordinator
- Joseph Eder· MG Project Lead
- Sok Phuy· MG Senior Testers
- Michael Audish· MG Senior Testers
- Matthew McCarty· MG Senior Testers
- Cameron Bowen· MG Testers
- Casey Merrell· MG Testers
- Childdan Oun· MG Testers
- Conor Metz· MG Testers
- Daniel Luna· MG Testers
- Daniel Romero· MG Testers
- David Levin· MG Testers
- David Sandoval· MG Testers
- Dennis Kuzmin· MG Testers
- Donny De Leon· MG Testers
- Eddie Price· MG Testers
- Eric Marks· MG Testers
- Eric Pham· MG Testers
- Forrest Thompson· MG Testers
- Hector Aranda· MG Testers
- Jason Gianni· MG Testers
- Jefferson J. Kittell· MG Testers
- Jesse Sanchez· MG Testers
- Jimmylee Arpon· MG Testers
- John Vinson· MG Testers
- Jonathan Cage· MG Testers
- Joseph Ocampo· MG Testers
- Joseph Picos· MG Testers
- Kurtis Heslop· MG Testers
- Kyle Hardin· MG Testers
- La Vonce Ervin· MG Testers
- Lawrence Crenshaw· MG Testers
- Marc Hirsch· MG Testers
- Michael Ackland· MG Testers
- Mikael Tadesse· MG Testers
- Oscar Navarrete· MG Testers
- Parker Singleton· MG Testers
- Philip Perales· MG Testers
- Scott Fitzpartick· MG Testers
- Shadi Ul-Hanif· MG Testers
- Sharif Nasr· MG Testers
- Stanley London· MG Testers
- Stefano Terry· MG Testers
- Yumiko Farnsworth· MG Localization Testers
- Davide Paterno· MG Localization Testers
- Fox Badibanga· MG Localization Testers
- Jeremy Airey· Senior Executive Producer
- Jaime J. Bencia· Producers
- Hiroyuki Chiwata· Producers
- Simon Lai· Senior Associate Producer
- Tom Craven· TRG Coordinator
- Paul Diaz· TRG Project Leads
- Eric Y. Kwan· TRG Project Leads
- Drew Rogers· TRG Project Leads
- Roger Chang· TRG Testers
- Nars Del Rosario· TRG Testers
- Christopher Lane· TRG Testers
- Justin Schriefer· TRG Testers
- Kenneth H. Treantafilos· TRG Testers
- Jacob Trocino· TRG Testers
- Fabian Tuason· TRG Testers
- Todd Williams· TRG Testers
- Afolabi Akibola· MG Mastering Lab Coordinator
- Douglas Hernandez· MG Mastering Lab Specialist
- Niais Taylor· Associate Producer
- Donna Weakley· Senior Production Coordinator
- Peter Steckelman· VP of Legal Affairs
- Suzanne Cantey· VP of Human Resources and Administration
- Yoriko Hasegawa· Director of Accounting
- Yuki Furukawa· Royalty Accounting Manager
- Kunio Neo· President Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH
- Hans-Joachim Amann· Head of European Product Management
- Su-Yina Farmer· Assistant Product Manager
- Christopher Heck· Special Thanks
- Richard Jones· Special Thanks
- Andreas Voigt· Special Thanks
- Martine Saunders· Special Thanks
- Ella Siebert· Special Thanks
- Nicolas Dyan· Special Thanks
- Pierre Ghislandi· Special Thanks
- Martin Schneider· Special Thanks
- Wolfgang Ebert· Special Thanks
- Rodolfo Rolando· Special Thanks
- Christian Pfeffer· Special Thanks
- Borja de Altolaguirre· Special Thanks
- Mark Borgerding· Portions Copyright [c] 2003-2004
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