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Government Name
Curtis Cross (Born in 1983 in Detroit, MI)

Group
B.R. Gunna:
Black Milk (Born Curtis Cross in 1983 in Detroit, MI)
Young R.J. (Born Ralph James Rice, Jr.)

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Guilty Simpson (Born Byron Simpson in Detroit, MI)
Black Milk (Born Curtis Cross in 1983 in Detroit, MI)

See Also: Guilty Simpson, Bishop Lamont, Heltah Skeltah & Boot Camp Clik

Albums
Black Milk - Sound Of The City
Bishop Lamont & Black Milk - CALTROiT
Black Milk - Tronic
Black Milk - Album Of The Year
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Singles
Black Milk - Welcome (Single)

Also Featured On...
Best Of The West Vol. 6
Bishop Lamont - The Layover
Dwele – Greater Than One
eLZhi - The Preface
Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto
Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd
Nottz - You Need This Music:
Nottz - In My Mind The E.P.
Royce Da 5'9" - The Album
Royce Da 5'9" - The Bar Exam 3: The Most Interesting Man In The World
Think Differently Music Presents: Now That's What I Call Hip-Hop! 1
Xzibit - Napalm

Bio From AllMusic.Com
Born and raised in Detroit on the sounds of A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, Curtis Cross found out at an early age that he had a talent for hip-hop, especially for beats. He spent hours in his basement — at first with just a cheap drum machine and a home karaoke system, eventually moving up to more sophisticated MPCs and samplers — making tapes. One of these tapes got into the hands of fellow Detroiters Slum Village, who were impressed by what they heard and invited Cross to produce a track on their 2002 mixtape Dirty District, as well as on their official full-length Trinity (Past, Present and Future). After that, Cross, who was going as Black Milk, teamed up with producer RJ Rice, Jr. (or Young RJ), as the group B.R. Gunna, rhyming and making beats on the duo's 2004 release Dirty District, Vol. 2. That same year, Slum Village, who were looking for production work because usual beat-makers Waajeed and Kareem Riggins were busy with other projects, hired B.R. Gunna for 11 of the 13 tracks on their Detroit Deli LP.

In 2005, without a label and with his group on hiatus, Black Milk went on to release Sound Of The City, which was more of a mixtape than a typical album, on his own Music House Records, and shortly after worked on SV's self-titled record. By this time, indie rap label Fat Beats had heard Black Milk's work, which many compared to that of the late J Dilla and producer/MC Madlib; impressed, the label signed him in 2006 and issued his official solo debut, Popular Demand, in March of 2007. Late that same year, a joint Bishop Lamont/Black Milk tape, mixed by DJ Warrior, hit streets, a slightly modified version of which was mastered and released commercially by Music House early in 2008, and just a few months later, his collaboration with fellow Detroiter Fat Ray, The Set Up, came out. In October, he capped off the productive year with the release of his second official solo album, Tronic. He worked with a four-piece live band for 2010’s Album Of The Year, a heavily rock-influenced effort that featured guest artists Royce da 5’9” and eLZhi. - Marisa Brown

Official Sites: Black Milk, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube & Fuckin' Twitter