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| has gloss | eng: Not4Prophet is a lyricist, lead singer of the rock band Ricanstruction and MC of the Hip Hop group X-Vandals, as well as a graffiti writer and radical political activist. Biography Early life Not4Prophet (N4P), formerly known by his "colonial" birth name, Alano Indio Baez, was born 23 July in Ponce, Puerto Rico and raised, mostly, in Harlem, New York. He was given the name Not4Prophet when he was 10 years old by his older brother, who would take him along to watch for police while the older sibling wrote graffiti. His brothers graffiti crew began calling Alano "Not for Profit", since his brother was not paying him to do security. When he began writing graffiti himself, he tagged up "N4P", and sometimes "Profit", which eventually became Not4Prophet (and sometimes Prophet). N4Ps parents were early political influences on him, as they were Puerto Rican "Independentistas" (those who advocate Puerto Rican independence from the U.S.). |
| lexicalization | eng: Not4Prophet |
| instance of | c/Puerto Rican musicians |
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