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Grand Puba
Maxwell Dixon (born on March 4, 1966 in New Rochelle, New York) is better known
as Grand Puba; a golden age-era East Coast figurehead who was sampled by 2Pac on
his 1995 track "Old School". After laying the groundwork for his hip-hop career
with short-lived 1980s NYC group Masters of Ceremony, Dixon made a name for
himself as an emcee for political hip-hop pioneers Brand Nubian, releasing an
acclaimed 1990 album, One for All, that's revered for its social conscience.
Following the release of the LP, Dixon's tenure with Brand Nubian became marred
by interpersonal conflict and he q...
