MC 900 Ft. Jesus

His music is influenced by hip-hop, incorporating many samples, but the lyrics are often quite off-kilter and mordant.
. Jesus With DJ Zero", but the presumably nonexistent DJ Zero disappeared for the next two albums, Welcome To My Dream(1991) and One Step Ahead of The Spider(1994). In 2004, he hosted the MOBO awards in London, after the original presenter, Pharrell Williams pulled out at the last minute. His first album, Hell With The Lid Off(1990) was released as "MC 900 Ft. He also landed the role of Ford Prefect in the long-awaited 2005 movie adaption of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He took the name from a sermon by Oral Roberts. His performances in Brown Sugar, Monster's Ball, and the HBO made-for-TV film Something The Lord Made have been particularly acclaimed by critics.

Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, born in Dallas, Texas. The first years of the 2000s have established Mos Def as a notable actor. MC 900 Ft. Def's music often references his Islamic faith and his contention that black artists receive little credit for their role in the birth of rock and roll music. Socially aware rap music (alternative hip hop) has experienced something of a renaissance in the late 1990s and now the 2000s, in part due to artists such as Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, The Roots and others. By the early 1990s however, this brand of rap had been eclipsed in popularity by gangsta rap.