Yoni Wolf

Yoni Wolf
Yoni Wolf performing with Why? in Brussels in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Avram Wolf
Born	(1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 (age 37)
Origin	Berkeley, California Cincinnati, Ohio
Genres	Alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, indie rock
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Anticon, Mush Records, Lex Records
Associated acts	Why?, Greenthink, Clouddead, Reaching Quiet, Hymie's Basement, Miss Ohio's Nameless, Apogee
Website	www.whywithaquestionmark.com/

Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon.

From the mid-1990s until 2004 Yoni Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred that name onto his newly founded band. Thereafter he has been credited for his solo work as Yoni Wolf.

Prior to the founding of the band Why? in 2004, Yoni Wolf had also been a member of numerous other groups, including Greenthink, Clouddead, Reaching Quiet and Hymie's Basement.

Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Messianic Jewish parents. Before his first year in high school, he discovered an old 4-track in his father's synagogue and began to experiment musically. His forays into rapping, drumming and poetry followed.

In 1997, while attending art school at the University of Cincinnati, Yoni Wolf met fellow student Adam Drucker, aka Doseone, at the semifinals of Scribble Jam. Along with Doseone, Mr. Dibbs and Josiah Wolf, he formed the live improvisational group Apogee. The partnership of Yoni Wolf and Doseone continued for many years under many guises.

In 1998 the duo released the album It's Not Easy Being... under the name Greenthink. In 1999, with an expansive roster of featured guests, they released the second Greenthink record Blindfold, after which they expanded to a trio with the addition of producer Odd Nosdam and adopted the name Clouddead. In the same year Yoni Wolf released his first solo album under the name Why?, entitled Part Time People Cage... or Part Time Key?.