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Shafiq Husayn

Born Steffon Johns in Cleveland, Ohio, the musician, producer, rapper, and songwriter is better known as Shafiq Husayn. Because his father was in the military, his family relocated several times, eventually landing in Los Angeles, California. While he was growing up, he became interested in music by attending parties thrown by Zulu Nation and Uncle Jamm’s Army. He began DJing with his high school classmates Bobcat and Battlecat before joining Nile Kings, who released their first and only single “Dropping Bombs” in 1990. He became associated with Ice T’s rag-tag collective Rhyme S...