Diverse (rapper)

Diverse got his start in the Chicago hip-hop scene while being employed at a post office.{{cite web|title=Diverse: Chicago Postal Worker-Turned-MC Delivers|publisher=Urb|url=http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.urb2.php|work=Chocolate Industries|accessdate=19 June 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625111521/http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.urb2.php|archivedate=June 25, 2006}}

He has worked or associated with Chicago hip-hop mainstays such as J.U.I.C.E., Modill, and Iomos Marad. His debut EP, Move, featuring the track "Time", appeared in 2001. He has professional relationships with RJD2 and Prefuse 73. He contributed to Prefuse 73's album One Word Extinguisher, rhyming on the track "Plastic". Prefuse 73 also produced the original beat for "Wylin' Out," a track that paired Diverse with the beloved New York City rapper Mos Def. The single "Wylin' Out" was well-received, with remixes by Definitive Jux's RJD2 and K-Kruz, and included on the 2002 Urban Renewal Program compilation. Both Prefuse 73 and RJD2 contributed tracks to Diverse's 2003 debut full-length, One A.M. Prefuse 73's contributions were the ambient-flavored beats for "Jus Biz", "Leaving", and the interlude "Amberglis". {{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Two of Diverse's songs from his One A.M. album, "Blindman", produced by K-Kruz, and "Explosive (Caural Mix)," were featured on the soundtrack of Capcom's 2006 game Final Fight Streetwise for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. Also featured on the soundtrack was "Wylin' Out (RJD2 Remix)" with Mos Def. The song "Certified" was also featured in Tony Hawk's Underground 2. In the same year, Diverse was featured on the track "Gray Scale" by Montreal-area DJ Ghislain Poirier.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In 2005, Diverse teamed with a Detroit-based crew called Lawless Element, appearing on a track called "...Something."

Summer 2006 saw Diverse participate in The Storm Tour, travelling across North America with headliner Aceyalone, Ugly Duckling, Mayday!, and Wrekonize. Diverse's setlist drew heavily from the still unreleased album and mixtape. In June 2006, Diverse was featured on the Chocolate Swim EP, a collaboration of Chocolate Industries and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. On the six-track EP, Diverse appeared on a Kut Masta Kurt remix of "Wylin' Out" with Mos Def and a DJ Mitsu The Beats remix of his song "Ain't Right".

Diverse's second album will be called Round About. The few published progress reports on it have indicated the continued contributions of Madlib, K-Kruz, and Prefuse 73 and also involvement from Oh No, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Hezekiah, and the late J Dilla.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0531-diverse-profilemay31,0,923599.story|title=Diverse wrapping up long-awaited new album|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=June 12, 2009}}

Slated to precede the release of Round About is The Standard, a mixtape comprising snippets from Round About, exclusive content, rare works, little-heard remixes, previously unreleased songs, and, chiefly, covers of songs considered "standards" or "classics" of the hip-hop genre. Standards: The Mixtape was released in 2006.

Diverse cites Mos Def, Pharaohe Monch of Organized Konfusion, and Posdnuos of De La Soul as his three main influences.{{cite web|url=http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.alarm.php|work=Chocolate Industries|title=Alarm Magazine|accessdate=June 19, 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625111914/http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.alarm.php|archivedate=June 25, 2006}}{{cite web|title=Bases Loaded: He Digs Baseball and Poetry. Hip Hoppin' Diverse is Aptly Named ...|publisher=Jockey Slut|date=December 2003|url=http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.jockey.php|work=Chocolate Industries|accessdate=June 19, 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625111332/http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/diverse.jockey.php|archivedate=June 25, 2006}}

• One A.M. (2003)
• Round About (TBA)

• Standards (2007)

• Move (2001)

• "Certified" b/w "Build" (2002)
• "Wylin Out" (2002) with Mos Def and Prefuse 73
• "Explosive" (2003)
• "Jus Biz" (2004)
• "Big Game" (2004)
• "Escape Earth (The Moon)" (2008)

• Prefuse 73 - "Plastic" from One Word Extinguisher (2003)

• "Wylin Out (Kut Masta Kurt Remix)" on Chocolate Swim (2006)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208035636/http://www.chocolateindustries.com/diverse/index.php Diverse] at Chocolate Industries
• [https://myspace.com/diversemovement Diverse] on Myspace
• {{Discogs artist|Diverse}}

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