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Lauryn Hill's "Everything is Everything" (from her Grammy-winning debut solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill") is the first major record on which he played.

Graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English.

Has either co-written, played on, or sang on various artists' hits, including, but not limited to, Twista, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Janet Jackson, Slum Village, Dilated Peoples, The Black Eyed Peas and Kanye West.

Was the music and choir director at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania for nine years.

Is the first artist on Kanye West's Getting Out Our Dreams (G.O.O.D.) label (distributed by Sony Records).

Met Kanye West through his college roommate--who happened to be Kanye's cousin.

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