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Happy Birthday to Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Born August 11, 1970

August 11, 2026 Albumism Staff
Photo: Rachel Murray | Getty Images

Photo: Rachel Murray | Getty Images

Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: August 11, 1970
Biography | Discography:

A Tribe Called Quest Studio Albums

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) | Read More
The Low End Theory (1991) | Read More
Midnight Marauders (1993) | Read More
Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996) | Read More
The Love Movement (1998) | Read More
We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) | Read More

Other Projects

Lucy Pearl (with Lucy Pearl) (2000) | Read More
Luke Cage (with Adrian Younge) (2016)
Luke Cage: Season 2 (with Adrian Younge) (2018)
The Midnight Hour (with Adrian Younge as The Midnight Hour) (2018) | Read More

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