Lateef

Lateef the Truthspeaker (born Lateef Daumont in Oakland, California) also known as The Truthspeaker or simply Lateef, is a hip-hop artist who is part of the groups Latyrx (with Lyrics Born) and Maroons AKA Lateef and the Chief (with Blackalicious' Chief Xcel). He was one of the founding members of the Solesidescollective, which became Quannum Projects.cite news|date=February 20, 2007 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/20/DDGABO6HRL1.DTL |title=Grammy-nominated rapper tries to keep classic hip-hop alive |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle]

He was raised in East Oakland, where his father was security detail for the Black Panthers. His mother was a Panther medic, who was a roommate and political associate of Angela Davis.

Fatboy Slim's hit singles "That Old Pair Of Jeans" and "Wonderful Night" feature vocals by Daumont.

He is also featured on the single "Enuff" off DJ Shadow's album "The Outsider." Other collaborations include the French outfit The General Elektrics, with whom he worked on two tracks from their release "Cliquety Kliqk" (credited on one track as Lateef, and the other as Feetal) and two tracks from Fatboy Slim's album "Palookaville". He was also featured in the song "No Way" on Galactic's 2007 release "From the Corner to the Block".

Lateef is currently working on his solo album "Crowd Rockers," and working with Quannum Projects labelmate, Gift of Gab, and Headnodic from the Crown City Rockers, on the album "Dropping Science Fiction," a debut project from The Mighty Underdogs.

In 2007, Lateef released a mixtape entitled "Ahead of the Curve" with DJ Z-Trip, in which he cited people such as Linkin Park, Chuck D., DJ Babu and DJ Shadow as influences.

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