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Carlos Glover, otherwise known as “Da Godfather of Crunk” is the CEO and founder of Mirror Image Entertainment Inc.

Early life
Carlos Glover was born in Griffin, Georgia in 1955. He grew up in Zebulon, Georgia with both of his parents working as educators. In his elementary years in Griffin, Georgia, Glover first discovered his talent for music. Glover first learned how to play the trumpet, developing his passion for music.

After his elementary years, he started to experiment and learn different instruments. He decided to join in the marching, jazz, and concert band in his local high school. From there, he attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and played guitar in Clark College Jazz Band. Outside of his university life, Glover also played guitar in various nightclubs around the streets of Atlanta. By 1975, Glover managed to acquire gigs playing guitar and other instruments for various recording artists.

Career beginnings (1975--1982)
With the money he saved from going on the road, Glover booked studio time at a local recording studio where he recorded various originals, embarking on the start of his career as a record producer. Soon enough, he acquired his first major production contract with Warner Brothers/RFC. The artist Glover handled was Patti Whatley who produced the record, "Backstreet."

In his emergence as a professional record producer, Glover has worked with numerous recording artists throughout the 1980s, with the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight, Isaac Hayes, Richard “Dimples” Fields, Bobby Bryd, Gary Shyder, Ray Davis, Shady Grady, and the list goes on from there. During these collaborations, Glover would take on multiple roles of being a producer, musician, writer, and sound engineer. Shortly after, he began his career as an independent record producer and started his own labels.

Work as a label producer (1982--2008)
In 1982, Glover, alongside Isaac Hayes, founded The Black Songwriter’ Association. Throughout the 1980s Glover worked with various artists in the genre of funk, disco, soul, and rap music. In 1988, he started working with Curtis Mayfield at Curtom Studios as a sound engineer and producer. Together, they co-founded his first record label, Freedom Express Records. The record label released singles “Join Muhammad Army,” performed by Koolace and RapOperaman featuring Farrakhan on the A-side. The B side single entitled “Pusherman,” was performed by Koolace and RapOperaman featuring Curtis Mayfield on vocals.

Throughout the 90s, Glover was a present figure in the hip hop industry. He worked on multiple projects with rappers such as MC Breed, Outkast, TLC, and Goodie Mob. In 1993, Glover founded Mirror Image Entertainment Inc., which still continues to make music to this day. The first release was an album titled Mackathermastaticzone with the rapper Koolace as Artist. The album featured performances by George Clinton, MC Breed, and Jazze Pha. The music label is responsible for the emergence of the Crunk style, with its single “Who U Wit” released in 1996 by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz. The hit single is regarded as the “first Crunk song to ever exist.” Glover is responsible for the emergence of the Crunk style. Mirror Image Artist Lil Jon is known as the "King of Crunk" Glover is regarded as "Da Godfather of Crunk" Contrary to rap music at the time, which was composed of verses and hooks, Crunk is composed of pure hooks, combined with upbeat instrumentals, in order to elevate the energy of the song. Regardless of its unconventional nature, Crunk became a cultural phenomenon, and “Who U Wit” eventually kickstarted the Crunk era.

Solo work (2008-2020)
After 40 years of being in the music industry, Glover decided to become a recording artist for his own label in 2008. As an artist, Glover wanted to create an album inspired by Quincy Jones’ style, originally featuring all of his friends. However, Glover’s peers were not as serious with the project and Glover often found himself alone in the recording studio. Eventually, Glover decided to make the album by himself, recording all of the instruments and vocals, with only his sound engineer, Scott Robinson to assist him in creating the project. In an unfortunate and inadvertent circumstance, Glover was arrested with drug charges in Cobb County in 2009. He spent 6 weeks in the Cobb County Jail, but it was during this incarceration that “Da Godfather of Crunk” was born.

During those six weeks, Glover took time to do a lot of introspective activity and reflected on what he desired to do for the future. With no source of musical instruments or inspiration, Glover had to utilize his time to himself and he started writing and composing ideas in his head. Glover recalls a story during the time he arrived in his pod. He recalled that an inmate offered him a bible. Glover thought that he had sufficient knowledge of the bible and religion but never took the time to read the Bible from cover to cover. As he was reading, the occurring question came into his mind, “at the age of 54, how can I be relevant and who can I be as a recording artist?” Eventually, as he was reading old testament stories and visualizing biblical times, he saw himself as he would say “Da Godfather, a timeless and ageless character that could exist and transcend across time.”

2020-present: "Da Godfather of Crunk", label relaunch
Glover, now under the persona and character of “Da Godfather of Crunk” released his first single, “Cobb County Blues,” a rap and blues chronology of his time in Cobb County jail. The song features voices from the friends he made in jail.

In 2020, Da Godfather of Crunk relaunched Mirror Image Entertainment with his son, Jeremy Himiboy Glover. Glover plans to continue to make music using the crunk style combined with a message.