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Shondrae Lee Crawford, known professionally as Bangladesh, is an American record producer, songwriter, and rapper from Des Moines, Iowa. Crawford has stated that his professional moniker has nothing to do with the country of Bangladesh, noting that he and his friends originally used the term as slang to describe anything "cool or exotic." He has been credited with production work on the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "What's Your Fantasy" by Ludacris, "A Milli" and "6 Foot 7 Foot" by Lil Wayne, "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Break Up" by Mario, and "Bossy" by Kelis. A two-time Grammy nominee, Crawford has also worked with Usher, Nicki Minaj, Brandy, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, and Ciara, among others.

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“We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which are currently ruled and oppressed by Hindi-speaking people, will one day be willing to join an independent Bangladesh.”
— Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said this to Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury regarding the flag of independent Bengal, designed by the Bangladesh Revolutionary Council.
“Those sons-of-bitches, who never have lifted a finger for us, why should we get involved in the morass of East Pakistan? ... [I]f East Pakistan becomes independent, it is going to become a cesspool. It’s going be 100 million people, they have the lowest standard of living in Asia. No resources. They’re going to become a ripe field for Communist infiltration.”
— Henry Kissinger, quoted in G. J. Bass, The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (2014)
“Not one has yet understood what we did in India-Pakistan and how it saved the China option which we need for the bloody Russians. Why would we give a damn about Bangladesh?””
— Henry Kissinger, to U.S. President Richard Nixon, who responded: "We don't." Quoted in G. J. Bass, The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (2014), Epilogue

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Bangladesh: country in South Asia

Overview

Shondrae Lee Crawford, known professionally as Bangladesh, is an American record producer, songwriter, and rapper from Des Moines, Iowa. Crawford has stated that his professional moniker has nothing to do with the country of Bangladesh, noting that he and his friends originally used the term as slang to describe anything "cool or exotic." He has been credited with production work on the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "What's Your Fantasy" by Ludacris, "A Milli" and "6 Foot 7 Foot" by Lil Wayne, "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Break Up" by Mario, and "Bossy" by Kelis. A two-time Grammy nominee, Crawford has also worked with Usher, Nicki Minaj, Brandy, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, and Ciara, among others.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which are currently ruled and oppressed by Hindi-speaking people, will one day be willing to join an independent Bangladesh.”
— Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said this to Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury regarding the flag of independent Bengal, designed by the Bangladesh Revolutionary Council.
“Those sons-of-bitches, who never have lifted a finger for us, why should we get involved in the morass of East Pakistan? ... [I]f East Pakistan becomes independent, it is going to become a cesspool. It’s going be 100 million people, they have the lowest standard of living in Asia. No resources. They’re going to become a ripe field for Communist infiltration.”
— Henry Kissinger, quoted in G. J. Bass, The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (2014)
“Not one has yet understood what we did in India-Pakistan and how it saved the China option which we need for the bloody Russians. Why would we give a damn about Bangladesh?””
— Henry Kissinger, to U.S. President Richard Nixon, who responded: "We don't." Quoted in G. J. Bass, The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (2014), Epilogue

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.