Biography
An influential DJ, producer, and MC—in that order—Madlib is among the most respected figures in underground hip-hop. • Madlib was born into a family of musicians. His father was a jazz performer, his mother was a songwriter and guitarist, and his uncle was the renowned jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis. • In the late ’80s, he and his friends formed the hip-hop collective Lootpack. After their 1996 debut EP, Psyche Move, the group inked a deal with Ston...Read more