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About|the hip-hop musician|the Massive Attack song|Mezzanine (album)Cleanup-rewrite|2=section|date=October 2010Ref improve section|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist|image=|name = Black Milk|image_size = 220|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Curtis Cross|alias =|birth_date = bda|1983|8|14||death_date =|origin = Detroit, Michigan , United States |instrument = Drum kit|Drums , Turntablism|Turntable , Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler , Keyboards , Fender Rhodes , Drum Machine |genre = Midwest hip hop Detroit hip hop |occupation = Record producer , Rapping|rapper |years_active = 2002–present|label = Fat Beats Records / Decon|associated_acts = Danny Brown (rapper)|Danny Brown , B.R. Gunna, Slum Village , J Dilla , Random Axe , Royce da 5'9" , Elzhi , Bishop Lamont , Jack White (musician)|Jack White |website = Curtis Cross , (born August 14, 1983) better known as Black Milk , is a hip hop music producer|producer and Master of Ceremonies|MC from Detroit, Michigan .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p668746/biography|pure_url=yes allmusic Biography http://newyork.timeout.com/music-nightlife/the-volume-blog/1215867/qa-black-milk Time Out New York
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In 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 Extended play|EP , entitled Broken Wax . March 13, 2007 he released a second album, Popular Demand .
In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with J Dilla ,Jones, Kevin. http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=128& csid2=4& fid1=35083 "Black Milk’s Reign ", Exclaim! , December 2008.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 Records|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|date=October 2008 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 http://www.discogs.com/release/1426705 Discogs.com. Discogs.com . Accessed November 28, 2008. on Elzhi's album The Preface , released August 12.
Elzhi's "The Leftovers Unmixedtape" was released on December 11, 2009. Black Milk produced four of the tracks on it.
On December 25, 2009, he leaked the first single from his upcoming album Album Of The Year . The song is called "Keep Going". He also released two more singles named "Welcome (Gotta Go)" and "Deadly Medley" featuring Royce Da 5'9" and Elzhi .
On August 22, 2010, he released the music video for "Deadly Medley". The video features Black Milk, Royce da 5'9" and Elzhi .
Album Of The Year was released on September 14, 2010 through Fat Beats and Decon . Black Milk has announced he has already started work on his 5th studio album which he aims to finish and release some time in Summer 2012.
In March 2011, Black Milk released a 7" single entitled 'Brain'. The single was the result of a collaboration between, Black Milk and his band (AB, Daru Jones and Malik Hunter) and Jack White of the White Stripes . A B Side, entitled Royal Mega, was also released.
2011: Black & Brown EP (with Danny Brown (rapper)|Danny Brown ) http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16114/title.black-milk-danny-browns-black-and-brown-planned-for-november-1/
2012: Searching for Sanity (with Melanie Rutherford)
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