Professor X the Overseer
Appearance
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Birth name | Lumumba Carson |
Also known as | Professor X, PXO, Baba Professor X the Overseer |
Born | August 4, 1956 |
Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Died | March 17, 2006 Brooklyn, New York, USA | (aged 49)
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper and activist |
Years active | 1989–2006 |
Labels | 4th & B'way/Island/PolyGram Records Polydor/PolyGram Records |
Lumumba Carson (August 4, 1956 – March 17, 2006), known by his stage names Baba Professor X the Overseer, Professor X, or PXO was born the son of Brooklyn-based activist Sonny Carson.
Carson was a founding member of the hip hop group X Clan and was featured in nearly all songs on the albums To the East, Blackwards (1990) and Xodus (1992), before the group went on hiatus. He released two solo albums:Years of the 9, on the Blackhand Side (1990) and Puss 'N Boots (The Struggle Continues...) (1993).
Carson died of spinal meningitis in 2006.[1]
Albums
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lumumba Carson, 49; Hip-Hop Singer 'Professor X' Urged Pride". L.A. Times. March 24, 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
External links
[edit]- X Clan Music (X Clan official Web site)
- Professor X the Overseer at IMDb
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- African-American rappers
- English-language poets
- Hip hop activists
- Island Records artists
- Polydor Records artists
- Rappers from Brooklyn
- 1956 births
- 2006 deaths
- 20th-century American poets
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- Deaths from meningitis
- American hip hop biography stubs