Black Milk

Black Milk
Black Milk performing live in 2012.
Background information
Birth name	Curtis Cross
Born	(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 33)
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres	Hip hop Midwest hip hop Detroit hip hop Instrumental Electronic Soul
Occupation(s)	Producer Rapper
Instruments	Drums, Turntable, Sampler, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Drum Machine
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Computer Ugly Fat Beats Decon
Associated acts	Danny Brown Elzhi Bishop Lamont Random Axe Sean Price Guilty Simpson Slum Village Jack White
Website	blackmilk.biz

Curtis Cross (born August 14, 1983), better known by his stage name Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.

In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with J Dilla,Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Danny Brown, Black Thought, T3 and many more throughout his career.

In 2004, Black Milk formed B.R. Gunna with Young RJ and Fat Ray. Together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, to which Black Milk had contributed production. In 2005, he released a solo album, Sound of the City, Vol. 1, signing a record contract with Fat Beats Records in 2006 (Fat Beats is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment, the largest independent distributor in the U.S.). In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, titled Broken Wax, and handled most of the production on T3's Olio mixtape. On March 13, 2007, he released his second album, Popular Demand.

Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled The Set Up on March 4, 2008, and his third official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008. He also handled the majority of production on Elzhi's album The Preface, released August 12. (He also produced four of the tracks on Elzhi's "The Leftovers Unmixedtape" project, released on December 11, 2009.)