EXPANSION TEAM SOUNDSYSTEM are DJ BABU & RAKAA IRISCIENCE.
Dj Babu
is a Filipino-American DJ and producer. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence).
Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies. DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park’s Reanimation album. He lived in Oxnard, California for 1 year, and later moved to the neighbor city of Camarillo.
Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos. Babu is famous for redefining the art of Beat juggling during the 1997 ITF/Beat juggling category competition, when he first performed his “Blind Alley” routine. Under the name “The Turntablist”, produced perhaps the genre’s most popular battle record, 1996′s Super Duck Breaks, which sold over 10,000 copies.
DJ Babu has also featured on numerous acts alongside groups such as Jurassic 5, Swollen Members and The Visionaries. Individually Babu has featured in many other groups.
Rakaa a.k.a Iriscience
is a rapper from Los Angeles, California.[1] He is a member of Dilated Peoples alongside Evidence and DJ Babu.
Rakaa released the solo debut album, Crown of Thorns, on Decon in 2010.[3] It featured vocal contributions from Aloe Blacc, KRS-One, Chali 2na, Evidence, and Fashawn.[4] It was produced by Exile, DJ Babu, Oh No, El-P, and The Alchemist
