Obie Iyoha

Obie Iyoha is an incisive and gritty rapper, as well as a producer, who is an affiliate of the Black Opera and a solo artist. The Nigerian-American artist was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and in 1999 moved with his family -- including four elder siblings, one of whom introduced him to a wide scope of '90s hip-hop -- to Ann Arbor, Michigan. He developed an affinity for poetry and rapping, as well as one for soccer during high school, and earned an athletic scholarship to attend nearby Schoolcraft College, but a racial profiling incident resulted in expulsion prior to his...