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Blu

American rapper and music producer

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Also known as Johnson Barnes III · GODleeBarnes

Born: April 15, 1983
Birthplace: Inglewood
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: musician
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, rapper
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, singer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Johnson Barnes III, better known by his stage name Blu, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He performs as one half of the duo Blu & Exile, which was formed in 2007 and who released their debut studio album, Below the Heavens in July of that year. He is also the forefront member of the California-based collective, Dirty Science. He is recognized for his collaborative albums with record producers Mainframe, Ta'Raach, Bombay, Damu the Fudgemunk, Madlib, Nottz, and Union Analogtronics. Since his debut, he has had a productive standard of releasing multiple albums.

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Sex or gender: male
Genre: hip-hop
rapping
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1.Stated in Montreux Jazz Festival DatabaseRetrieved 2020-09-28
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Label: Nature Sounds
Start of work period: 2005
Pseudonym: Blu
Instrument: voice
Social media followers: 45,804(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 28001157
43,379(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 28001157
42,493(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 28001157
Name in native language: Blu
Member of: Johnson&Jonson

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