Defari
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| Defari | |
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| Birth name | D.A. Johnson Jr. |
| Also known as | Heru or Ruby |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genre(s) | Hip Hop/Rap |
| Occupation(s) | World Famous MC |
| Instrument(s) | Voice |
| Years active | 1995 - present |
| Label(s) | Tommy Boy Records High Times Records ABB Records |
| Associated acts | Westcoast Kings Likwit MCs Dilated Peoples Expansion Team Soundsystem Xzibit |
Dwayne Johnson Jr., also known by his stage name Defari, is a West Coast hip hop artist. Primarily, he is a solo artist, additionally he is also in the Likwit Junkies, a rap duo with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples. He was born at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. He began DJing as a young kid in 1982. He was more focused on emceeing, and by 1995, released his first single "Bionic" on Oakland based ABB Records. With the help of E-Swift of Tha Alkaholiks, by 1999, Defari recorded his first album, released on Tommy Boy Records. [1]
He has made three albums, Focused Daily, Odds & Evens and Street Music.
Defari taught world history and geography at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. and a master's degree from Columbia University [1] in New York City. He stopped teaching in 1998 and he currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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Focused Daily
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Street Music
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The L.J.'s
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