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Happy Birthday to Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer, Born August 17, 1969

August 16, 2026 Albumism Staff
Photo: Mark Metcalfe | Getty Images

Photo: Mark Metcalfe | Getty Images

Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Posdnuos’ musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: August 17, 1969
Biography | Discography (De La Soul Studio Albums):

3 Feet High and Rising (1989) | Read More
De La Soul Is Dead (1991) | Read More
Buhloone Mindstate (1993) | Read More
Stakes Is High (1996) | Read More
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) | Read More
AOI: Bionix (2001) | Read More
The Grind Date (2004) | Read More
Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present... First Serve (2012)
and the Anonymous Nobody... (2016) | Read More
Cabin in the Sky (2025) | Read More

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