Editing Schoolly D (section)

== Biography ==
Schoolly D was born Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. in [[West Philadelphia]] and raised in Philadelphia as well as Georgia.<ref name="phillymag" />

In the mid-1980s, Schoolly D teamed up with [[DJ Code Money]] with lyrics reflecting urban realism, violence, and sexual bravado.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> He was interviewed in the 1986 documentary ''[[Big Fun in the Big Town]]''.<ref>{{IMDb title|2323202|Big Fun in the Big Town (1986)}}</ref> He later embraced an [[Afrocentrism|Afrocentric]] style, bringing Afrocentric culture to hip hop along with [[KRS-One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429824/20000214/guru.jhtml |title=KRS-One, Schoolly D, Guru Tapped For "Once in the Life" |access-date=September 9, 2010 |last=Basham |first=David |date=February 14, 2000 |publisher=[[MTV]].com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011005041/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429824/20000214/guru.jhtml |archive-date=October 11, 2008 }}</ref>

Schoolly D contributed songs and music to many [[Abel Ferrara]] films, including "[[P.S.K. What Does It Mean?|P.S.K.]]" and "Saturday Night" (from ''[[Saturday Night! – The Album]]'') as well as "[[King of New York (song)|King of New York]]" to Ferrara's [[King of New York|film of the same name]] and the title track from ''[[Am I Black Enough for You? (album)|Am I Black Enough For You?]]'' that was played during the climactic shoot-out in that film, the title track from ''[[How a Black Man Feels]]'', and "Signifying Rapper" (from ''[[Smoke Some Kill]]''), which was used in Ferrara's film ''[[Bad Lieutenant]]''.<ref name="Tobias">{{cite news |url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22601 |title=Interview with Abel Ferrara |access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211170233/http://www.avclub.com/articles/abel-ferrara,13793/ | archive-date=February 11, 2009|last=Tobias |first=Scott |date=November 27, 2002 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> Because [[Led Zeppelin]] successfully sued due to an uncleared [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] <!-- What appears to be a sample of Led Zeppelin playing the "Kashmir" riff is audible under the playing of same by studio musicians. Could use a source other than the Ferrara interview. --> of their song "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" in "Signifying Rapper", the song was omitted from the soundtrack of the film and from subsequent releases of the film.<ref name="Tobias" />

Composer Joe Delia tapped Schoolly to co-write and record "The Player" for Ferrara's film ''The Blackout'', which Delia scored.<ref name="LarkinDM"/>  Schoolly also wrote the score to Ferrara's ''[['R Xmas]]''. In 2006, Schoolly D co-wrote the indie film soundtrack of the historical science fiction thriller ''Order of the Quest'' with [[Chuck Treece]]. The project series is produced by Benjamin Barnett, and Jay D Clark of Media Bureau. His last album, ''[[Funk 'N Pussy]]'', on Jeff "Met" Thies' Chord Recordings features guest appearances by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s [[Chuck D]], Chuck Chillout, Lady B and a [[drum and bass]] remix of the classic Schoolly D track "Mr. Big Dick" (remixed by UK [[trip hop]] crew [[The Sneaker Pimps]]).

Schoolly also performed the music and occasional narration for the [[cult television|cult]] [[animated series]] ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' on the [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] programming block. He was a guest on a first-season episode of ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. He also created the song "Sharkian Nights" for the Adult Swim series ''[[12 oz. Mouse]]''. The character Jesse B. Weaver from ''[[The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show]]'' was also named after him.

In November 2006 Schoolly D and Cartoon Network were sued over the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' theme music. A drummer by the name of Terence Yerves claimed he had also written the theme music alongside Schoolly D in 1999 while working at the Meat Locker Studio. Yerves was aware the song would be used for a television series but did not approve of it being used for ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', however, did not file the copyright to the [[Library of Congress]] until May 2006, after the series' fourth season had already started airing. In the lawsuit Yerves demanded he receive $150,000 for every time the series was aired after the lawsuit was filed, he also demanded that all existing copies of the series' DVDs be impounded and for ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' to cease broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Kyle|title=Aqua Teen Hunger Force sued over theme song|url=https://www.avclub.com/aqua-teen-hunger-force-sued-over-theme-song-1798210143|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=November 10, 2006|access-date=July 29, 2013|archive-date=August 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817081743/http://www.avclub.com/articles/aqua-teen-hunger-force-sued-over-theme-song%2C15851/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 30, 2022 he released his newest album, ''Cause Schoolly D Is Crazy''.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}