Likwit Junkies

Defari
Birth name	Duane Johnson Jr.
Also known as	Heru/Ruby
Born	Los Angeles
Origin	Santa Monica, California
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	musician
Instruments	Voice
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records High Times Records ABB Records
Associated acts	Westcoast Kings, Likwit MCs, Dilated Peoples, Dr. Dre, KPL ALLSTARS Deejay Crew

Duane Johnson, Jr., also known as Defari, is a West Coast hip hop artist. Primarily, he is a solo artist, additionally he is a member of the Likwit Junkies, a rap duo with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples. He was born at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. He began DJing as a young kid in 1982. He was more focused on emceeing, and by 1995, released his first single "Bionic" on Oakland based ABB Records. With the help of E-Swift of Tha Alkaholiks, by 1999, Defari recorded his first album, Focused Daily released on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records. Focused Daily is acclaimed as a Juice Magazine top 50 Hip Hop album in Europe for all time.

Defari taught world history and geography at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York City.

Local Like The West of Them – The Lost Tapes of Ruby D available on Datpiff.com free download, released 2015

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