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About|the rapper|the men's club name derived from an opera character|Grand PoobahInfobox musical artist|name = Grand Puba|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Maxwell Dixon|alias = Grand Puba Maxwell, Grand P|birth_date = birth date and age|1966|03|04|mf=yesCitation needed|date=June 2009|origin =|genre = Hip hop music|Hip Hop |years_active = 1985–present|associated_acts = Brand Nubian , Fat Joe |label = 4th & B'way Records|4th & B'way / Island Records|Island / PolyGram Records Elektra Records Arista Records|Arista // Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records Koch Records Babygrande Records refimprove|date=January 2011 Maxwell Dixon (born March 4, 1966Citation needed|date=June 2009) is an rapper|emcee best known as a member of the group Brand Nubian (music group)|Brand Nubian .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p26091|pure_url=yes Allmusic
Biography
He made his debut with the group Dynamite (Masters of Ceremony album)|Masters of Ceremony . Its album Dynamite (1988) was hailed by critics, but probably due to lack of sales, the group soon disbanded, and Puba emerged as the lead emcee of Brand Nubian. After their innovative and versatile debut album One for All (Brand Nubian album)|One for All (1990)—covering areas from reggae -influenced hip hop music to new jack swing —Puba left the group after disputes with its other members and embarked on a solo career. He became a member of the group again around 1997, recording a few tracks for various soundtracks leading up to the full-length album Foundation (Brand Nubian album)|Foundation in '98. In 1999, Puba and group mate Sadat X performed on the track "Once Again" on Handsome Boy Modeling School 's concept album ''So... How's Your Girl? '' Following the group's 2004 effort Fire in the Hole , a rejuvenated Puba appeared on tracks with Beanie Sigel ("Bread and Butter," also featuring groupmate Sadat X ), Missy Elliott ("My Struggles," featuring his onetime collaborator Mary J. Blige ), and Ugly Duckling (hip hop group)|Ugly Duckling ("Something's Going Down Tonight").
In 2009, Grand Puba released his fourth solo album, Retroactive (album)|Retroactive , featuring production from hip-hop veterans like Q-Tip , Large Professor , Kid Capri as well as his fellow Brand Nubian's. Puba also appeared on the heavy posse-cut "Fresh" together with Cormega , KRS-One , Big DaddyKane , DJ Red Alert and Parrish Smith of EPMD .
On the song "Old School" by Tupac Shakur Grand Puba was sampled and used in the hook. The sample originates from Grand Puba's verse on the song "Dedication" by Brand Nubian .
Discography
1992: Reel to Reel
1995: 2000 (album)|2000
2001: Understand This
2009: Retroactive (album)|Retroactive ( Babygrande Records )
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External links
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http://www.discogs.com/artist/Grand+Puba Information about Grand Puba
Grand Puba Persondata | NAME = | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = March 4, 1966 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:African American rappers Category:Members of the Nation of Gods and Earths Category:Musicians from New York Category:Elektra Records artists
