Little Brother (group)

Little Brother
Little Brother performing in Atlanta in March 2008.
Background information
Origin	Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Years active	2001–2010
Labels	ABB, Atlantic
Website	www.myspace.com/littlebrother
Past members	Phonte Rapper Big Pooh 9th Wonder

Little Brother was an American hip hop group from Durham, North Carolina that consists of rappers Phonte and Big Pooh and DJ/producer 9th Wonder. The group produced four acclaimed studio albums and six mixtapes during their nine-year existence.

Little Brother was highly regarded among fans and critics.

The individual members of the group, rappers Phonte (Phonte Coleman), and Rapper Big Pooh (Thomas Jones), and DJ/producer 9th Wonder (Pat Douthit), met in 1998 while enrolled as college students at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. The group began as a trio. Little Brother were members of the North Carolina-based alternative hip hop collective, Justus League.

In a February 2003 interview with MVRemix.com, Phonte explained the origins of the group's name:

The official debut for Little Brother came in August 2001 with their first recording, "Speed".

They continued to work the local, Raleigh-Durham-area scene and were eventually signed by independent record label ABB Records. In 2002, they released the cult hit 7" single "Atari 2600", with lyrics centering on video games.

In 2003, the group released their first full-length studio album, The Listening to critical acclaim. National recognition for the group, and particularly 9th Wonder, came when Jay-Z tapped 9th Wonder for the song "Threat", from his eighth studio album The Black Album.