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Wilbur Bass (born May 31st, 1970), better known as Blaq Poet is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, USA.
Blaq Poet was first heard in the track "Beat You Down" from the Bridge Wars during 1987, a diss song towards KRS-One
andBoogie Down Productions. At that time Poet was at least 17 years old, as stated in a 2009 radio interview. During 1991,
Poetand DJ Hot Day made a duo called PhD and released their debut album, Without Warning on Tuff City Records. They
releasedafter that album several 12 inch singles and a EP until 1996 when they broke up. Poet went onto teaming up wit ...read more
Wilbur Bass (born May 31st, 1970), better known as Blaq Poet is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, USA.
Blaq Poet was first heard in the track "Beat You Down" from the Bridge Wars during 1987, a diss song towards KRS-One
andBoogie Down Productions. At that time Poet was at least 17 years old, as stated in a 2009 radio interview. During 1991,
Poetand DJ Hot Day made a duo called PhD and released their debut album, Without Warning on Tuff City Records. They
releasedafter that album several 12 inch singles and a EP until 1996 when they broke up. Poet went onto teaming up with KL,
Hostyleand Solo, creating the group Screwball. They released two albums and a compilation together before Poet went solo with
thestreet album Rewind: Deja Screw, released 2006. The album featured production from DJ Premier amongst others. Poet later
onsigned to DJ Premier's Year Round Record label and released his second album, Tha Blaqprint in 2009 with the
majorityproduction coming from DJ Premier and guest appearances from the likes of Lil' Fame and N.O.R.E. as well as labelmates
NYGzand Nick Javas. On the remix version of Ain't Nuthing Changed, a single from Tha Blaqprint, he collaborated with west
coastrappers MC Eiht and Young Maylay. In 2010 he featured on parisian producer & rapper VENOM "vigilantes" 12 inch single,
titleremixed by DJ Premier. Blaq Poet is currently working on an album with producers Stu Bangas from Guns-N-Butter,
andVanderslice to be released on Stu's label Brutal Music. « hide |
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