Brand Nubian Artist Profile

Brand Nubian

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Real name: Maxwell Dixon, Derek Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus
Artist name(s): Grand Puba, Sadat X, Lord Jamar, DJ Alamo, DJ Sincere
Label(s): Arista, Babygrande Records, BMG Records, Elektra
Place of birth: New Rochelle, NY, US

Brand Nubian Biography

Brand Nubian formed in 1989 after Grand Puba's original group, Masters of Ceremony, split up. Its first single, "Brand Nubian," was released in 1989. Signed to Elektra Records by A&R man Dante Ross, its debut album, One For All, was released in 1990. Generally acclaimed, the album drew fire for militant Five-Percenter rhetoric on tracks such as "Drop the Bomb" and...

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