Biography
Del tha Funkee Homosapien's real name is Teren Delvon Joneswas. He hails from California and got his break with Ice Cube's backing band, Da Lench Mob. Signed to Elektra, Del's debut release, 'I Wish My Brother George Was Here', hit the shops in 1991 and was produced by Ice Cube, featuring the P-funk sound. Del's follow-up, 1994's 'No Need for Alarm', was a departure musically, a more jazzy sound. This second album failed commercially. Having left Elektra, Del aligned himself closely to a few fellow rapper friends, Casual and Souls of Mischief, and issued his third release, 1998's Future Development, for the same label as his friends, Hieroglyphics Records. 2000 saw the release Del's fourth album, 'Both Sides of the Brain', as well as a self-titled debut release by a side-project, Deltron 3030, which saw Del join forces with Dan The Automator. Del always has a lot of humour and sophisticated language in his rapping style, and his skill on the mic is legendary.

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