Black Milk

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Black Milk
Background information
Birth name Curtis Cross
Origin Flag of the United States Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation(s) Record producer
Instrument(s) drums
Turntable
Sampler
Drum Machine
Label(s) Fat Beats
Associated acts B.R. Gunna, Slum Village, J Dilla

Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.

He began his music career producing beats for his mother. In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village in which he contributed production to also. Black Milk then released a solo album, called Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records. In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 saw the release of his second album titled Popular Demand.

In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled almost all the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.

In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards, putting him against the likes of Lil Wayne, Styles P, Big Mike, and DJ Khaled.

Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled "The Set Up" on March 4, 2008. and will release his next official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008. He also handled the majority of production[citation needed] on Elzhi's album "The Preface", released August 12.

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