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Napoleon Maddox
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Napoleon Maddox (b. Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1973) is a hip hop vocalist from the Lincoln Heights area of Cincinnati, Ohio. Also known by the stage name NapoleonSolo, he is a proficient rapper, beatboxer, and singer, and leads the socially conscious group IsWhat?! (formed in the fall of 1996). Unlike most hip hop artists, Maddox generally performs with acoustic instruments, including double bass and saxophones. With IsWhat?!, he has toured the United States and Europe; in 2007 the group performed with Archie Shepp in Italy. He has recorded with Hamid Drake and also toured with the New York City-based duo Transmitting (Jane LeCroy and Tom Abbs). He has worked with Chuck D, Henry Grimes, Oliver Lake, Claire Daly, Ming+FS, Karsh Kale, and Magic Malik. Maddox also works supporting or is a member of Sotto Voce (featuring Roy Nathanson, Tim Kiah, and Sam Bardfeld), Burnt Sugar Arkestra, The Fonda/Stevens Group, and JC Hopkins Biggish Band. Between 1994 and 2001, he hosted The Social Factor, a hip-hop/urban issues radio program, on WAIF in Cincinnati. The show featured live and pre-recorded interviews with personalities such as Spike Lee, Channel Live, Jurassic 5, Rahzel, The Roots, Jay-Z, Big Jaz (Jaz-O), Group Home, Mos Def, Watts Prophets, The Last Poets, Burning Spear, and Souls of Mischief. The phone lines were open for on air call-ins regarding current events, community affairs, and political discourse. The show also featured the music of such groups as Self Scientific,
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