One-third of hip hop trio De La Soul; he is also known by his aliases, Posdnuos or Pos, Plug One, Mercenary, or P-Pain.
He was childhood friends with future bandmate David Jude Jolicoeur; he and Vincent Lamont Mason Jr. met while they were students at Amityville High School in Long Island.
He was known for employing sharp wit and double entendres within his lyrics; he joined the Spitkicker collective.
His family was residing in the Bronx, New York, when he was born; they raised him in East Massapequa, New York; his father was fan of jazz.
He created an official remix of Of the Soul by Mac Miller in 2011.
