Recording Artist · Producer · Musical Director
With a career spanning nearly three decades, Eddie Cole brings a rich musical heritage and extensive creative experience to recording, touring, and theatrical entertainment.
From hip-hop legends to Cirque du Soleil, his work reflects an uncommonly agile versatility across performance, production, and musical direction.
Eddie Cole is a producer, composer, and vocalist from one of the music industry's most influential families. As Xharlie Black he was the Musical Director, Vocal Arranger, Host, and Lead Singer of Cirque du Soleil's Mad Apple across the show's four year, 2000+ show, 1.2 million ticket run. Eddie writes and produces for BMG for film, television, and commercial sync. Over the past 15 years, he has regularly joined legendary rapper Nas on stage as drummer, vocalist, and co-musical director, and has helped shape artists from Alina Baraz and Mapei to the dozens of singers he's coached from Tokyo to Las Vegas and beyond.
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