Born in Paris, France and originally from the impoverished Comoros Islands in lower East Africa, N.D.L. grew up in Washington DC giving his music a unique street flavor mixed with a third world perspective.

N.D.L.’s innovative short-film “Wise Men” featuring the late great Sean Price quickly became a cult hit among Hip-Hop heads with its overt challenge of the music industry establishment. His signature wordplay and voice rose from relative obscurity after the groundbreaking “Oxygen” record featuring Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon.

He has since been touring Europe and the United States having been tapped to perform at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival in June 2015 and France’s HipOpsession Festival alongside legendary French DJ Poska in February 2016. He was a featured artist on Huffington Post Black Voices Freestyle Fridays in March 2016.