Edward K. Archer, known as Special Ed, and born May 16, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, is a rapper and producer. Raised in Flatbush and later Canarsie, he attended Erasmus Hall and Samuel J. Tilden High Schools before working with Howie Demo on his demo at 15. In 1989, he released the debut studio album Youngest in Charge on Profile, featuring the hits "I Got It Made", "Think About It", and "I'm the Magnificent", which together sold over half a million copies. He followed with Legal (1990) and Revelations (1995), the latter spawning the single "Neva Go Back" and a DJ Premier remix of "Freaky Flow". In 2004, he issued Still Got It Made on his own Semi label, and later contributed to the films Ganked and Fly By Night and the 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack. In 2025, he was made an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma.