years_active label article_title name background birth_date genre origin birth_name
1989 -- present profile records semi records special ed
 special ed solo_singer 16 may 1972 hip hop flatbush , brooklyn , new york edward archer
special ed

special ed is the performing name of edward archer -lrb- born may 16 , 1972 in brooklyn , new york -rrb- , an american hip hop musician of jamaican descent .
hailing from brooklyn in new york city , he was raised in flatbush before moving to canarsie , and is identified with east coast hip hop .
ed is best known for the songs `` i got it made '' , `` think about it '' and `` i 'm the magnificent '' , produced by `` hitman '' howie tee and released in 1989 on the `` youngest in charge '' album , recorded when ed was 16 years old .
the album sold more than half a million copies .
in 1990 , he released his album `` legal '' , the title a reference to his turning eighteen , with the singles `` come on let 's move it '' and `` the mission '' .
he was later a member of crooklyn dodgers , a supergroup put together in order to perform songs for the spike lee films `` clockers '' and `` crooklyn '' , and he performed `` crooklyn '' with shillz on the 2003 compilation album `` muskabeatz '' .
ed released a third solo album , `` revelations '' , with the single `` neva go back '' in 1995 , with the track `` freaky flow '' receiving a remix by dj premier .
in 2004 , ed released the album `` still got it made '' on his own label `` semi . ''
in 2014 , ed was jailed in north carolina for `` non support of children '' .
