From: Compton, USA
Who? Mik Lezan
Style: Hip Hop, Electro
Label: Stone Throw, Clone Records
Facts: Arabian Prince founded the ground-breaking and genre-defining west coast hardcore Hip Hop-group N.W.A with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre. He was involved in producing the albums “Straight Outta Compton” and “N.W.A. and the Posse” (1987) which is regarded as the first “Gangsta-Rap”-album. He also produced and co-wrote the platinum selling song “Supersonic” by the girl group JJ FAD. His song Professor X (Saga) is regarded as one of the greatest Electro Funk records of all time. In 2008, Arabian Prince received the prestigious ASCAP award as a writer on the song “Fergalicious” by Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas. In the same year, his electro anthology “Innovative Life” was released on Stones Throw, it is a collection of his Electro Rap work recorded between 1984 and 1989.
