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Blockhead

American hip hop record producer and DJ

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Also known as Tony Simon · Funky Omelet · James Anthony Simon

Born: 1976
Birthplace: Manhattan
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: musician
, disc jockey
, record producer
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Tony Simon, better known by his stage name Blockhead, is an American hip-hop record producer and DJ from Manhattan, New York. Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing tracks for Aesop Rock. He has been a member of groups such as Party Fun Action Committee and The Mighty Jones.

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Sex or gender: male
Website: ninjatune.net/blockhead
Instrument: sampler
Genre: hip-hop
Label: Ninja Tune
Start of work period: 1999
Social media followers: 25,674(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 190470675
22,961(February 24, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 190470675
20,323(January 10, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 190470675
19,905(April 15, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 190470675
Discography: Blockhead discography
Pseudonym: Blockhead script: Latin script
Funky Omelet script: Latin script
Birth name: Tony Simon
Given name: Tony
Family name: Simon

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