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Tony DeNiro (birth name Anthony D. Smith) is an American entrepreneur/advisor/record producer & premium content creator. He has produced pop, rock, hip-hop, and R&B music. Known for producing and consulting career artists such as Sean "Diddy" Combs, Evan Ross, Fonzworth Bentley and Ashlee Simpson. Formerly the Senior Vice-President of A&R at Priority Records and personally hired by the companies owner Bryan Turner, DeNiro was the first minority music executive at the record label in 1996. DeNiro is also acknowledged for his work consulting and branding career artists such as Brandy, Missy Elliott, Ritchie Kotzen, Terrence Howard, The Game, Ben Harper, Sean Combs, and most recently Evan Ross, and Stacy Barthe. He is managing the career of Skylar Grey, the youngest mixed medium pop street artist in the world. Skyler is critically acclaimed & has paintings in several prestigious galleries Internationally. He currently serves as a consultant & advisor to several cutting edge technology companies. He is also well known for his football career as All-American wide receiver of the University of Notre Dame's undefeated national championship football team coached by Lou Holtz (1988–1992). ==College Football== All major Division 1 colleges recruited DeNiro to play football. He committed to the University of Michigan under the helm of Bo Schembechler and changed his mind the day before signing to attend the University of Notre Dame on a full-football scholarship under head coach Lou Holtz. Freshman year Tony & the Fighting Irish had an undefeated season and won the 1988 College Football National Championships with their win over West Virginia at the Fiesta Bowl. During the off-season freshman year, Tony hosted pre-frosh Jerome Bettis and toured him around Notre Dame campus. His efforts successfully recruited the senior in high school, Jerome Bettis, to attend the University of Notre Dame and play football for the Fighting Irish. Determined to over-achieve, DeNiro was named All-American Wide Receiver both his Junior and Senior years at Notre Dame while he simultaneously made the dean’s list every semester and graduated in 3.5 years. DeNiro broke his wrist during the 1991 Notre dame vs. Naval Academy game played in the snow. Coach, Lou Holtz, insisted that he taped his wrist and continued to play. Tony comments on Holtz, "He told me there was a difference between being hurt and being injured, and that I was just hurt." That week DeNiro had surgery on his wrist and played two weeks later in the Notre Dame Vs. University of Hawaii game in Hawaii. He continued to play in the ''Sugar Bowl'' at New Orleans vs. The University of Florida and flew to Japan the following day to play in the Japan bowl (All-Star game for seniors). Although his wrist was still broken, team doctors advised DeNiro that his wrist was fine. DeNiro spent his last semester at The University of Notre dame volunteering to work at the local Safeway Station, where he counseled & mentored underprivileged, abused, runaway children and waited for the NFL draft. In spring of 1992 DeNiro was drafted to the Kansas City Chiefs. He graduated in May 1992 with a degree in marketing and minor in psychology and sociology. Upon graduation DeNiro set the University of Notre dame Record for "Longest Touchdown Pass" from quarterback Rick Mirer. While at Notre Dame he was roommates and close friends with NFL stars, Todd Lyght & Ricky Watters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony DeNiro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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