Divine hails from Brooklyn, New York via Rhode Island. He is heavily embedded in Hip-Hop music and has been writing, recording, and performing since the age of ten. Divine's musical style and sound is reminiscent of the "Golden Era" (1986-1989) in Hip-Hop when the likes of Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, and EPMD, etc. reigned. Divine brings back the originality, diversity, and lyrical complexity, which was once the cornerstone of Rap music. He counts Rakim, Kool G Rap, and KRS-One as some of his greatest influences, as well as a few other past and present artists. His poetics and style is most similar to and inspired by the legendary Rakim, with slight elements reminiscent of Nas, and the sound of his voice ranging between these two great artists; yet he still maintains his own originality and uniqueness.

Divine (Full Length Biography)

Biography:

Divine hails from Brooklyn, New York via Rhode Island. He is heavily embedded in Hip-Hop music and has been writing, recording, and performing since the age of ten. Divine's musical style and sound is reminiscent of the "Golden Era" (1986-1989) in Hip-Hop when the likes of Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, and EPMD, etc. reigned. Divine brings back the originality, diversity, and lyrical complexity, which was once the cornerstone of Rap music. He counts Rakim, Kool G Rap, and KRS-One as some of his greatest influences, as well as a few other past and present artists. His poetics and style is most similar to and inspired by the legendary Rakim, with slight elements reminiscent of Nas, and the sound of his voice ranging between these two great artists; yet he still maintains his own originality and uniqueness. Nevertheless, this has brought him strong comparisons to both of these artists, and there is no doubt he will continue to be compared to them - especially and particularly Rakim, as Nas was. However, emphatically put, Divine is the only similarity between Rakim and Nas.

Divine's music is designed for the masses, but tailor-made especially for this present day Hip-Hop generation. With thought provoking lyricism, he combines a universal worldwide view and knowledge of self with social and political awareness, deep spiritual consciousness, cultural elements, personal life experiences, and raw urban realities, into a thick and superb style of story telling and rhyming. Growing up in the streets of the ghetto in poverty, with no parental guidance, is what gave Divine his social and political awareness, but not until he became a victim of the penal system did this awareness totally crystalize and deepen. While in prison, he received "knowledge of self" when he was introduced and absorbed into the former Five Percent Nation Of Islam, now the Nation Of Gods and Earths, and it's teachings, and took on the full righteous name of Divine Lord Magnetic Allah. His incarceration was the catalyst that sparked, created, and shaped his spiritual and conscious persona and the positive essence of his poetics. With over ten albums (presently unreleased) to his catalog and over ten years experience in creating urban music, it can be reasoned he's not yet signed to a major label only because he's been locked away. Divine presents the rarity of an artist with a complete package and star quality. His ghetto and street life savvy, and the seven plus years he's spent locked in Federal prison, gives him the real-life story and authenticity that most so-called hardcore Hip-Hop/Rap artists only claim to have lived.

Divine is a highly charasmatic M.C. of great talent and artistry. His music and rhymes are not only clever, creative, and witty, but also very unpredictable and highly intellectual and intelligent. As an artist he's able to mix, blend, and balance his street knowledge and experience with his spiritually-conscious intellect, intelligence, and intuitiveness so well; he creates and gives himself an enigmatic and uncanny mystique and universal appeal, and leaves any listener with a sense of connection and/or understanding. Divine's lyrics are versatile and razor sharp, which enables him to cut through and penetrate the mind state of any listener regardless of their age or degree of consciousness; keeping them in a perpetual state of anticipation for him to drop the next line, next verse, next single, or next album. His live show performance is deeply concentrated and visually serious, highly magnetic and stimulating, methodically precise and executed, and awe inspiring; enabling him to strongly captivate any viewer or audience, giving him total mastery and complete control over the individual or crowd. There's no doubt that this M.C. (Master Controller), Divine Allah, will be one of the most influential, dynamic, and phenomenal artists to emerge in this day and time...finally, The Wait Is Over!!!

Divine (Discography)

Discography:

"Critical", LP (1995, Supreme Records)

"Outta Sight", Single (1998, Supreme Records)

"The Wait Is Over", LP (2002, Supreme Records)

"Elite Mystique", EP (2002, Supreme Records)

"King Of New York", College Radio Promo Single (2005, Supreme Records/Nasra Entertainment): "King Of New York" has had strong college radio airplay since Dec. 2005, and peaked at #2 on both national college radio charts (RapNetwork.com & RapAttackLives.com) in Feb. 2006.

"The Legacy Lives", LP (2006, Supreme Records/Nasra Entertainment)): Independent release to be nationally released tentatively in the Fall.

Divine (Websites)

Official Website:

www.DivineAllah.com


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