Background
He was born at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Los Angeles
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Education
He attended the University of California, Berkeley.
Career
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 East-Swift of Tha Alkaholiks, by 1999, Defari recorded his first album, Focused Daily released on Tommy Boy/Warner Brothers
Records.
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 in New York City.
Membership
Primarily, he is a solo artist, additionally he is a member of the Likwit Junkies, a rap duo with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples.
