Bashiri Johnson
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Raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, his fascination with rhythm emerged before school and was shaped by high-school bands, Jazzmobile classes, the Dance Theater of Harlem, lessons with Olatunji and a three-year mentorship under Mtume, which led to his first gold-record session on Stephanie Mills’s “Watcha Gonna Do With My Lovin’.” He quickly became one of the most recorded percussionists, cont…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources