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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Calling yourself a funky man is cool, but using the word "homosapien" just tops the cream.

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* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe: He has been known to do so, one of the better examples being "Proto Culture," a love letter to classic video games.



* ShoutOut: His album ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'' is a reference to the SignatureLine by pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.

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His album ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'' is a reference to the SignatureLine by pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.Music/{{Liberace}}.
** "Proto Culture" is a love letter to classic video games.
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The correct spelling is "homo sapiens".


* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Homo sapien" is just a scientific term for humans as we known them today.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Homo sapien" sapiens" is just a scientific term for humans as we known them today.

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* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.

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* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''. Damon Albarn, meanwhile, has appeared on both Deltron 3030 albums.
** He collaborated with Music/DinosaurJr for the song "Missing Link", as part of the CultSoundtrack album to the film ''Judgment Night'' (Said soundtrack was generally themed around rappers collaborating with AlternativeRock and HeavyMetal bands).
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In Music/{{Gorillaz}} he is a ghost rapper and friend of Russel, and he appears as a {{Hologram}} in the music videos.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In Music/{{Gorillaz}} Music/{{Gorillaz}}, he is a ghost rapper and friend of Russel, and Russel; he appears as a {{Hologram}} in the music videos.
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* ''No Need For Alarm'' (1993)

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* ''No Need For for Alarm'' (1993)
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Born Teron Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/IceCube. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/IceCube. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.
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* ''Both Sides of The Brain'' (2000)

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* ''Both Sides of The the Brain'' (2000)



* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.

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* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The the House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.



* QuestioningTitle: "What Is A Booty?", from his debut album.

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* QuestioningTitle: "What Is A a Booty?", from his debut album.
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* ''Both Sides of The Brain'' (2000)

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* ''Both Sides of The the Brain'' (2000)



* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.

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* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The the House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.



* QuestioningTitle: "What Is A Booty?", from his debut album.

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* QuestioningTitle: "What Is A a Booty?", from his debut album.

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'''Discography'''

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Born Teron Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}.Music/IceCube. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.



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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.
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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' Homosapien is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: "Sleepin' on My Couch" is about Del's displeasure with mooching friends who come in down on their luck and then proceed to take up roots for as long as possible.
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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as {{Music/Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as {{Music/Gorillaz}}, Music/{{Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.



With the help of his cousin Ice Cube and his group, Hieroglyphics, Del released his first album, ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'', at the tender young age of eighteen in 1991. He later released his second album, ''No Need For Alarm'', without the help of his cousin in 1993. Unfortunately, his debut was somewhat understated in the rap scene, though he did sell fairly well. After this began a five - year haitus to work with the other members of Hiero on their own projects.

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With the help of his cousin Ice Cube and his group, Hieroglyphics, Del released his first album, ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'', at the tender young age of eighteen in 1991. He later released his second album, ''No Need For Alarm'', without the help of his cousin in 1993. Unfortunately, his debut was somewhat understated in the rap scene, though he did sell fairly well. After this began a five - year haitus 5-year hiatus to work with the other members of Hiero on their own projects.



* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''honetwo, '''A'''honetwo", from his debut album. "'''P'''honey '''P'''hranchise is another example.

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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''honetwo, '''A'''honetwo", from his debut album. "'''P'''honey '''P'''hranchise '''P'''hranchise" is another example.
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Del began his career proper as a lyricist for his cousins group, Da Lench Mob, his raw humor contrasting Ice Cube's rough, gritty appearance. Del eventually signed on to Elektra Records, which allowed him to launch his career.

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Del began his career proper as a lyricist for his cousins group, Da Lench Mob, his raw humor contrasting Ice Cube's rough, gritty appearance. Del eventually signed on to Elektra Records, Creator/ElektraRecords, which allowed him to launch his career.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. He has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as {{Music/Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. He Founding the rap supergroup Hieroglyphics alongside underground battle - rapper Casual, Del has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as {{Music/Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.



With the help of his cousin Ice Cube and his group, Del released his first album, ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'', at the tender young age of eighteen in 1991. He later released his second album, ''No Need For Alarm'', without the help of his cousin in 1993. Unfortunately, his initial attempts were failures, and thus ensued a five - year hiatus to plan his next move.

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With the help of his cousin Ice Cube and his group, Hieroglyphics, Del released his first album, ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'', at the tender young age of eighteen in 1991. He later released his second album, ''No Need For Alarm'', without the help of his cousin in 1993. Unfortunately, his initial attempts were failures, and thus ensued debut was somewhat understated in the rap scene, though he did sell fairly well. After this began a five - year hiatus haitus to plan his next move.
work with the other members of Hiero on their own projects.


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** Del is also one of the founding fathers of the rap group Hieroglyphics.
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* ''Deltron 3030'' (2000) (in collaboration with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala as the band Music/Deltron3030.)

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* ''Deltron 3030'' (2000) (in collaboration with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala as the band Music/Deltron3030.Music/{{Deltron 3030}}.)
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Calling yourself a funky man would be cool, but using the word "homosapien" just tops the cream.
* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe: He has been known to do so in his solo work as well, one of the better examples being "Proto Culture," a love letter to classic video games.

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Calling yourself a funky man would be is cool, but using the word "homosapien" just tops the cream.
* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe: He has been known to do so in his solo work as well, so, one of the better examples being "Proto Culture," a love letter to classic video games.



* IHaveManyNames: He is als known as "Del the Funky Homosapien", "Del Tha Ghost Rapper" or "Sir Dzl".

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* IHaveManyNames: He is als also known as "Del the Funky Homosapien", "Del Tha Ghost Rapper" or "Sir Dzl".



* MundaneMadeAwesome: A homo sapiens is just a scientific term for humans as we known them today.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: A homo sapiens "Homo sapien" is just a scientific term for humans as we known them today.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He is a ghost rapper and friend of Russel from Music/{{Gorillaz}} and appears as a {{Hologram}} in the music videos.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He In Music/{{Gorillaz}} he is a ghost rapper and friend of Russel from Music/{{Gorillaz}} Russel, and he appears as a {{Hologram}} in the music videos.



* ShoutOut: His album "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" is a reference to the SignatureLine by pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The word "Tha" instead of "the" in his name and the word "funkee" instead of "funky".
* {{Supergroup}}: Together with Dan The Automator and Kid Koala he formed the group Music/{{Deltron3030}}.

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* ShoutOut: His album "I ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here" Here'' is a reference to the SignatureLine by pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The word "Tha" instead of "the" in his name and the word "funkee" instead of "funky".
"funky". Sometimes he spells them the standard way.
* {{Supergroup}}: Together with Dan The Automator and Kid Koala he formed the group as Music/{{Deltron3030}}.
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* ''Event II'' (2013) (as Music/{{Deltron 3030}} with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala)

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* * ''Event II'' (2013) (as Music/{{Deltron 3030}} with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala)
* ''Iller Than Most'' (2014) (released for free on [=SoundCloud=])
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* LikeGoesWithLike: "Dark-Skinned Girls" is about his preference for black women lyrically and at great length.

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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''honetwo, '''A'''honetwo", from his debut album.

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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''honetwo, '''A'''honetwo", from his debut album. "'''P'''honey '''P'''hranchise is another example.


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* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe: He has been known to do so in his solo work as well, one of the better examples being "Proto Culture," a love letter to classic video games.


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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He is a ghost rapper and friend of Russel from Music/{{Gorillaz}} and appears as a {{Hologram}} in the music videos.
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Born Teron Delvon Jones in Oakland, California, '''Del Tha Funkee Homosapien''' is the cousin of West Coast rapper Music/{{Ice Cube}}. Del, also known as Sir Dzl or Del Tha Ghost Rapper, is an underground MC who has seen relative success throughout his career. He has made guest appearances on popular alternative bands such as {{Music/Gorillaz}}, and has released nine studio albums, most to some critical acclaim.

Del began his career proper as a lyricist for his cousins group, Da Lench Mob, his raw humor contrasting Ice Cube's rough, gritty appearance. Del eventually signed on to Elektra Records, which allowed him to launch his career.

With the help of his cousin Ice Cube and his group, Del released his first album, ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'', at the tender young age of eighteen in 1991. He later released his second album, ''No Need For Alarm'', without the help of his cousin in 1993. Unfortunately, his initial attempts were failures, and thus ensued a five - year hiatus to plan his next move.

In 1998, Del severed himself from Elektra to publish under Hieroglyphics Imperium, through which he has been releasing ever since.

'''Discography'''
* ''I Wish My Brother George Was Here'' (1991)
* ''No Need For Alarm'' (1993)
* ''Future Development'' (1997)
* ''Both Sides of The Brain'' (2000)
* ''Deltron 3030'' (2000) (in collaboration with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala as the band Music/Deltron3030.)
* ''Eleventh Hour'' (2008)
* ''Event II'' (2013) (as Music/{{Deltron 3030}} with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala)

'''Appearances on other artists' albums'''
* ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]'' (2001) by Music/{{Gorillaz}}.

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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''honetwo, '''A'''honetwo", from his debut album.
* AlternativeHipHop: The genre he usually operates in.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Calling yourself a funky man would be cool, but using the word "homosapien" just tops the cream.
* {{Crossover}}: Appeared on the singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The House" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} on their debut album ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''.
* IHaveManyNames: He is als known as "Del the Funky Homosapien", "Del Tha Ghost Rapper" or "Sir Dzl".
* MundaneMadeAwesome: A homo sapiens is just a scientific term for humans as we known them today.
* OneManSong: "Mistadobalina"
--> ''Ahh, I know I'm drunk now''
--> ''Ladies and gentlemen, I for-I forgot my...''
--> ''My favorite man, sittin' over there''
--> ''His name is...''
--> ''Mista Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina''
--> ''Mista Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina''
--> ''Mista Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina''
--> ''Mista Mista Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina''
* OneWordTitle: His hit song "Mistadobalina".
* QuestioningTitle: "What Is A Booty?", from his debut album.
* ShoutOut: His album "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" is a reference to the SignatureLine by pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The word "Tha" instead of "the" in his name and the word "funkee" instead of "funky".
* {{Supergroup}}: Together with Dan The Automator and Kid Koala he formed the group Music/{{Deltron3030}}.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: His artist name.
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