Initially a rapper with the group The Wooliganz in the early 1990s, Alan Daniel
Maman really came into his own as a DJ and producer under the name The
Alchemist. Born on October 25, 1977 in Beverly Hills, California, he made his
name working on Cypress Hill's album III: Temples of Boom (1995). A protégé of
DJ Muggs, he collaborated with Mobb Deep in 1999 on Murda Muzik , then on The
Platform by Dilated Peoples. The Alchemist released his first solo album, 1st
Infantry, in 2004, worked as Eminem's DJ in 2005, and released numerous
mixtapes, including the two volumes of Rappers Bes...