Little Brother is an American hip hop duo from Durham, North Carolina, that consists of rappers Phonte and Big Pooh.

[3] The individual members of the group, rappers Phonte (Phonte Coleman), and Rapper Big Pooh (Thomas Jones), and DJ/producer 9th Wonder (Pat Douthit), met in 1998 while enrolled as college students at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina.

[1] According to 9th Wonder in an interview with Complex, another rapper Median was actually supposed to be on the track before they got a hold of Big Pooh: The Listening was done in Missie Ann.

Cesar Comanche, who I met when I was attending North Carolina State University, lived not far from the school.

Following the release of The Listening, Little Brother opened for Oakland-based alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics on the latter's Full Circle national tour.

A music video for the single, "Lovin' It" featuring Joe Scudda, was directed by Joey Boukadakis.

[7] The move from Atlantic was due to the commercial failure of The Minstrel Show, and creative differences over the group's future material.

Rapper Big Pooh said: We as a group just felt that it was not in our best interest to remain in a situation where our needs were constantly being overlooked.

With no major video or radio airplay, Getback sold approximately 9,600 copies during its first week in stores and landed at No.

Lil Wayne had been a longtime fan of the group's work and was invited to rap on the third verse for "Breakin My Heart".

Following the release of Getback in late 2007, Little Brother toured with Los Angeles–based alternative hip hop artist Evidence of Dilated Peoples.

In a June 2008 interview with HipHopDX.com, Rapper Big Pooh said: We decided to officially release ...And Justus For All for the fans.

Outside of Little Brother, Phonte began a collaboration with Netherlands-based producer Nicolay as the group The Foreign Exchange, that ultimately resulted in the release of their debut album, Connected, in 2004.

In early 2010, Rapper Big Pooh released The Purple Tape mixtape as a free download.

This mixtape featured Big Pooh rhyming over Detroit-based producer Black Milk's instrumentals from a collection that used Prince Purple Rain album samples.

9th Wonder has produced entire, full-length studio albums for Jean Grae (Jeanius), Murs (Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition, Murray's Revenge, Sweet Lord and The Final Adventure, just to name a few), Buckshot (Chemistry and The Formula), as well as a remix album of Nas' God's Son entitled God's Stepson.

[13][14] Rapper Big Pooh noted: I was just thinking about our own situation and then I realized, when groups leave, it's just like when a person dies.

[15] Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh and 9th Wonder reunited on stage together for the first time in eleven years at their hometown in the 2018 Art of Cool Festival.

Both artists felt that the energy from the show was a good omen, and after leaving the stage they knew they had something special.

However, it was also revealed that 9th Wonder would not be returning as a third member of the group, with Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh continuing under the name; as they have been doing since 2007.

[17] The album continues and updates the fictional UBN channel concept that was originally used for their well-known sophomore effort The Minstrel Show, and features no production from 9th Wonder; instead, working with producers such as Khrysis, Nottz, Focus and Black Milk.

This concept was a tribute to the fact that the death of Phife Dawg was the event that brought the Phonte and Pooh back together.

[16] It was revealed in an interview on the Premium Pete Show that 9th Wonder was to have been a part of the reunion album, under its original title Homecoming.