Large Professor
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Paul Mitchell, Extra P., Large Pro
American rapper and producer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972-03-21
east coast hip hophip hop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 226,575
- Total plays
- 1,892,622
Tags
Hip-Hopunderground hip-hopraphip hopproducer
Large Professor (a.k.a. Large Pro or The Extra P), is a New York based hip-hop record producer and rapper. He is best known as a member of the influential early-90s underground hip-hop group Main Source, and for discovering immensely popular rapper Nas. Large Professor produced much of Nas' first album, Illmatic, which is considered one of the most important albums in hip-hop history. He hails from the borough of Queens, specifically the neighborhood of Flushing. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harlem
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- East Coast hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.myspace.com/thelargeprofessor
- Image
- Large Professor @ Rahzel and Friends - Brooklyn Bowl 2016.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1973-03-21
- Commons category
- Large Professor
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- pseudonym
- Large Professor
- birth name
- William Paul Mitchell
- social media followers
- 84386
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