Del the Funky Homosapien and Parallel Thought: Attractive Sin

When he ambled onto the rap scene with 1991’s I Wish My Brother George Was Here, 
Del the Funky Homosapien presented somewhat of an anomaly. He was a West Coast
 MC who eschewed the N.W.A. gangsta rap ethos, even though he was none other than Ice Cube’s cousin. Instead of hard-hitting tracks about inner city poverty and crime, or even the more positive Afrocentrism of the East Coast’s Native Tongues movement, Del’s songs dealt with riding the bus, wandering around the Bay Area and friends crashing on his couch. Over the following two decades, even more so than his inimitable...  read more

Catching Up With... Del the Funky Homosapien

Del the Funky Homosapien has long been a staple on the underground hip-hop scene. He released his first solo album, I Wish My Brother George Was Here in 1991 at the encouragement of his cousin, Ice Cube, and immediately found success...  read more

Del The Funky Homosapien prepares for 11th Hour

Del The Funky Homosapien might have cleaned up his name (he'll always be "Tha Funkee" one to us), but the man's style is still as wild and rugged as it ever was. While most probably know him as "that rapping ghost from the Gorillaz video," Del's been doing his own inter-dimensional thing since '91. That includes a distinguished period of service as the head of SoCal's Hieroglyphics rhyme collective, a stint with Dan the Automator as Deltron 3030, and too many guest appearances to count. Meanwhile, Del's solo career really hasn't been doing much since the turn of the century....  read more