BILAL BASHIR, BORN AUGUST 7th IN NEW YORK CITY, SOUTH BRONX.

HE IS THE OLDEST OF THREE. SISTER DESIREE BASHIR AND YOUNGEST

BROTHER TAKBIR BASHIR.

BILAL HAS THREE BEAUTIFUL INTELLIGENT CHILDREN.

TWO DAUGHTERS, KHADEEJAH AND TALIAH, AND A SON, KHALIQ BASHIR.

HOW HE GOT STARTED:

I got into music being influenced by the Hip Hop culture and music in the late 70s. I became a DJ in 1979. In the early

80s I met IceT in California. We became friends and I did some production and DJ performances for him. That's

how everything started... I've done production for IceT, Divine Styler, Everlast, Ice Cube, House of Pain, the

Alkoholics, Donald D, Easy E, Dr Dre, King T, Def Jef, Styles of Beyond, D-Rock-D, Cokni-O-Dire (… etc…), and

a lot of remixes.