Live Session with Artist, Poet, and Writer Able Back

Live Session with Albe Back an artist, poet, and writer who has written for some of the biggest names in the music industry including Ye (Kanye West), The Game, and more. Fresh off of working on Donda and Donda 2, Albe is preparing to release his sophomore album, a gospel rap masterpiece entitled, Apple Z.

Career Highlights

Currently part of Ye (Kanye West)’s team of writers
Worked on Donda, Donda 2, and Ye’s next album (unannounced)
Childhood mentor: Famous poet, Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets.
- Oyewole introduced Daniels to poetry and at an early age, he began to compete in competitions across the country.
Cousin to Terror Squad member, the late, “Big Pun”.
Made his film debut as “Brooklyn” in the film ‘ATL’ alongside many of Hollywood’s biggest names including T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross, Big Boi, Jason Weaver, Monica, and more.
Former Creative Director for Beats By Dre

How it all started

While in middle school, Daniels connected with director Chris Robinson and worked as a Production Assistant for music videos Robinson produced. By the age of 15, Daniels grew closer with his cousin, Terror Squad member Christopher Lee Rios, also known as “Big Pun”. Rios and Daniels became inseparable throughout the years and spent a lot of time exchanging lyrics, many of which were gospel rap lyrics while Daniels was an avid preacher in his community while still in school. In his last conversation with Rios before his death, Daniels ended the conversation with, “I’ll be back…” Rios interrupted and said, “That’s it! That should be your name: ‘Albe Back’!” From this conversation, the name “Albe Back” was born.

Having a vast background in poetry as well as Hip Hop, Daniels made connections with many of Hip Hop’s biggest names. In 2015 Daniels became the Creative Director for Beats by Dre and worked on the “Straight Out Of…” campaign, wrote the copy of the Beats Pill voiceover, and worked the campaign tied to Taylor Swift. His success in the role garnered the team 3 Cannes Lions Awards (the most prestigious award in marketing/advertising). That same year Daniels performed in the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher as a featured lyricist. As a solo artist, Daniels went on to create three albums: Hi, Raphael De La Ghetto, and The ALBum.

In 2002 he first met his now longtime friend, Ye (Kanye West) on the set of the video shoot for “Two Words” feat. Mos Def, and made a brief visual cameo in the Netflix first-look trailer for JEEN-YUHS. Years later, Daniels presented a song to Ye, entitled “Good Night”, that West later added to his Graduation (2007) album. Daniels was a featured rapper on the track along with Mos Def and gained him both writer and producer credits. Since then, Daniels has continued to work with Ye as a writer on both Donda as well as Donda 2. Daniels also joined Ye during his Donda tours in San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami, and Chicago.

Check out his recent single Mira Mira

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About the Author

Dr. Jerry Doby Editor-in-Chief of The Hype Magazine, Media and SEO Consultant, Journalist, Ph.D. and retired combat vet. 2023 recipient of The President's Lifetime Achievement Award. Partner at THM Media Group. Member of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, the United States Press Agency and ForbesBLK.