When three years ago the famous rapper Nas (Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones) called his provocative album "Hip Hop is Dead," sparking debates and long-winded discussions in the hip-hop community, he did not of course mean that the genre was "dead" commercially. Read More
Although he didn't record under his own name until 1998, Olu Dara enjoyed a reputation as one of the jazz avant-garde's leading ... Read the full Olu Dara bio.