Discovered and signed at age 16 by music impresario Rick Rubin, Derek Barbosa . He has toured and collaborated with artists from Alanis Morissette to Pitbull and Faith Hill to Snoop Dog. He is now signed to Universal Music with his next release due in Spring 2008. He is amember of MENSA and his uncle is funk maestro Bernie Worrell.
Frequently listed among the top-five hip-hop lyricists of all time.
Is a member of MENSA, just like James Woods , Ben Rollins , Alan Rachins , and Geena Davis.
His mother is African-American; his father, with whom he is estranged, is Puerto Rican.
