Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Member of:
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

Associated Acts:
Ron Carter
Hubert Laws
Robbie Gordon
Bernard Purdie
David Spinozza

Genres:
Political Rap
Funk
R&B

Instruments:
Vocals
Electric Piano
Guitar

Debut Album: Small Talk at 125th & Lenox (1970)

Education:
DeWitt Clinton High School
The Fieldston School
Lincoln University

Did You Know:
In 2001, he was sentenced to prison in New York State for cocaine possession