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Akil a.k.a. Doc Frank
- Style of music: rap, hip-hop
- Location: Dayton, Ohio
- Skills: rapper, producer
- Years active: 15 years
- Random fact: I used to sing professionally
- Web site: www.myspace.com/akil_kontar
- If you had a musical motto, what would it be? "Go hard."
- If you could've written any famous song, what would it be and why? "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." It feels autobiographical.
- If you could seek musical advice from one music icon, who would it be and what would you ask? Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records. I would ask him what he suggests that I do now after all I have done to bring a music market to this area.
- If you could recommend one of your CDs, which one would it be and why? Well, I guess that depends on who is listening. If you're a fan of underground hip hop, Slave Labor. If you're into rap music, my new Northstar mixtape.
- What is the most unique characteristic of you as a rapper? I believe I am the first true complete one man band: from the rap to the production to the understanding of what it takes to push rap music to artist development.
Compiled by Don Thrasher, contributing writer
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