In Conversation With 'Ishmael Butler' from Digable Planets/Shabazz Palaces

Ishmael Reginald Denin Butler is an Grammy award-winning American rapper, record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with such groups as Digable Planets and Shabazz Palaces. Digable Planets’ 1992 single “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” achieved commercial and critical success, charting on Billboard Hot 100. Known for merging hip hop with jazz and philosophical lyrics, the group has released two albums before disbanding in the mid-1990s.