Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
	Muhammad performing in 2008
Background information
Also known as	Mr. Muhammad
Born	August 11, 1970 (age 54); Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop; soul; jazz;
Occupations	Disc jockey; record producer; rapper; songwriter;
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Garden Seeker Productions; Jazz Is Dead;
Formerly of	A Tribe Called Quest; Lucy Pearl; The Ummah;
Website	alishaheed.com

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest.^[1] With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. He was also a member of the R&B group Lucy Pearl, and is known in recent years for his jazz collaborations with producer Adrian Younge.

^ ^a ^b Torres, Andre. "Ali Shaheed Muhammad – About" Archived January 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Linear Labs, Accessed February 27, 2019. "The soft-spoken and contemplative Brooklyn native began a life of music at an early age, spending years DJing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood before co-founding Tribe in 1985."

[linearlabs-1] Torres, Andre. "Ali Shaheed Muhammad – About" Archived January 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Linear Labs, Accessed February 27, 2019. "The soft-spoken and contemplative Brooklyn native began a life of music at an early age, spending years DJing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood before co-founding Tribe in 1985."

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