Born, raised and still residing in North Carolina, 9th Wonder is the 'production' third of the state's biggest hip hop export, Little Brother. Get a headful of wonder at Red Bull Music Academy Radio.
9th Wonder's first significant career breakthrough came in 2003 when, as an up-and-coming producer, he released an unofficial remix album of Nas' 2002 album God's Son entitled God's Stepson. Released through internet outlets, the album garnered significant attention and acclaim and has since been credited as starting the now regular trend for unofficial 'home-made' remixes of whole albums.
Heavily informed by the golden era producers (DJ Premier, Pete Rock), the soulful warmth of his production technique has seen 9th Wonder work with underground stars like Murs, Ludacris and Jean Grae as well as producing for US pop royalty like Jay Z, Erykah Badu, Mary J Blige and Destiny's Child.
Nowadays, 9th Wonder lectures on hip hop history with Christopher 'Play' Martin (From Kid'n'Play) at North Carolina Central University. 9th Wonder: "Educating the youth on where hip-hop comes from and the history of it, using the records we use, gives hip-hop a longer life. I decided to become an advocate of that."As well as forging his academic career, he also has a feature length documentary in the making, a trailer of which can be seen on his homepage.
He also doesn't go anywhere without his crew, The True School Movement, so this Red Bull Music Academy Radio Show is presented by 9th himself alongside three True School DJs, Cuzzin B, DJ Face and Jay Clip.
Opening up with one of the most surprising selections we've witnessed in recent times (The Beatles, Steve Miller Band, Jon F&$*ing Bon Jovi...), this show nevertheless rolls into some of the hip hop classics that have been important to 9th and his crew over the years:
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