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Curtis Cross, (born August 14,1983) better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan. [allmusic Biography]
BiographyIn 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had contributed production to. Black Milk released a solo album, Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records (Fat Beats is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment, the largest independent distributor in the U.S.). In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 he released a second album, Popular Demand.
In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled most of the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.
In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards.Citation needed
Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled The Set Up on March 4, 2008 and his third official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008
. He also handled the majority of production on Elzhi's album The Preface, released August 12.
DiscographySolo- 2005: Sound of the City Volume 1, CD/LP
- 2006: Broken Wax EP, LP
- 2007: Popular Demand, CD/LP
- 2008: Tronic, CD/LP
Collaborations- 2004: Dirty District: Vol. 2, CD/LP (with Young RJ as B.R. Gunna)
- 2007: Caltroit, CD/LP (with Bishop Lamont)
- 2008: The Set Up, CD/LP (with Fat Ray)
- 2008: The Preface, CD/LP (with Elzhi (contributed 14 of 16 tracks)
- 2009: Random Axe, CD/LP (with Sean Price & Guilty Simpson as Random Axe)
ProductionSee Black Milk production discography
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