Low Profile

{{short description|American hip hop group}}

{{for-multi|the New Zealand band|Low Profile (New Zealand band)|other uses|Low profile (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Low Profile

| image = Low-profile.jpg

| caption = From left to right: DJ Aladdin, WC

| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| genre = West Coast hip hop

| years_active = {{start date|1987}}–{{end date|1990}}

| label = {{hlist|{{proper name|Rhyme $yndicate}}|Priority}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Ice-T|WC and the Maad Circle|King T}}

| past_members = DJ Aladdin
WC

}}

Low Profile was an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles. The group consisted of record producer Alphonso "D.J. Aladdin" Henderson and rapper William "W.C." Calhoun Jr.,Birchmeier, Jason "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/low-profile-mn0000836845/biography Low Profile Biography]", Allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2013 who went on to pursue a career in visual arts. The duo made its debut with {{proper name|Rhyme $yndicate}} Records, on a compilation album produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, before becoming a duo on Priority Records.{{Cite web|url=https://timeisillmatic.me/2011/10/19/low-profile-were-in-this-together-january-251990/|title = Low Profile – We're in This Together (January 25,1990)|date = 19 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Low-Profile-Were-In-This-Together/release/99225|title = Low Profile – We're in This Together (1989, CD)|website = Discogs| year=1989 }}File:Hip hop artist WC aka William Loshawn Calhoun Jr. in Los Angeles 1989 photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpgFile:DJ Aladdin aka Alphonso Henderson in Los Angeles 1990 photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpgThe group was a short-lived but influential West Coast hip hop duo. Together, they released only one album, We're in This Together. They also appeared on the Rhyme Syndicate compilation Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through. DJ Aladdin began working with Ice-T, and WC formed a group called WC and the Maad Circle which included a then-unknown rapper named Coolio.