Ab-Soul

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Herbert Anthony Stevens IV (born February 23, 1987), better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American hip hop recording artist from Carson, California, signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. Stevens is best known as a member of hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, along with his label-mates and fellow West Coast rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. He has so far released two independent albums under the label Top Dawg Entertainment, Longterm Mentality and Control System, to moderate success. 1987–2010: Early life and career beginnings Stevens was born on a military base in Germany, where his biological father was stationed. Stevens spent the first four years of his life in Germany, right up until his parents split and him and his mother subsequently moved to the United States to live in his grandmother's house, in the suburban area of Carson, California. He once recalled being five years old: "I was serious into video games and basketball, at five. But video games for sure. Five… What was that, Nintendo? Sega. Sonic the Hedgehog. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on TV. But I know early on, I really, really liked Michael Jackson, like we all did. Newborn babies loved Michael …