Madlib
Otis Jackson Jr. is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. He is widely known for his collaborations with MF DOOM, J Dilla, and Freddie Gibbs. In 2011, Madlib composed the score for the film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Tribe Called Quest.
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Otis Jackson Jr. is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. He is widely known for his collaborations with MF DOOM, J Dilla, and Freddie Gibbs. Madlib has described himself as a \”DJ first, producer second, and MC last. He was born in Oxnard, California, to musician parents Otis Jackson, Sr. and Dora Sinesca Jackson. He sampled his first song at 11 years old, sourced from his father’s collection. His younger brother is the producer and rapper Michael \”Oh No\” Jackson. His uncle is the jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis. His first solo work, The Unseen, under the guise of Quasimoto, came in 2000. In 2011, Madlib composed the score for the film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Tribe Called Quest.
He also produced for Snoop Dogg’s mixtape My Work That Work 3, released on February 27, 2014, and has announced plans for a collaboration with Freddie Gibbs and Madlib for a mixtape called The Work That My Work 3. He has also produced the soundtrack for the A Tribe Called Tribe documentary film A Beats Rhymes Called Quest: The Rhyms & Life of A Tribe called A Tribe Calls Quest, released in 2011. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children. He and his family have a son, a daughter, and a son-in-law.
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