Lyrics Born

LOS ANGELES – MAY 22: Lyrics Born at the “Always Be My Maybe” Premiere at the Village Theatre on May 22, 2019 in Westwood, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Tsutomu William Shimura

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Birth: September 2, 1972

Ethnicity:
*father – Japanese
*mother – Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish

Lyrics Born is a Japanese-born American rapper, singer, and music producer. He was a member of hip-hop collectives Solesides and Quannuum Projects. He is also a member of duo Latryx, with Lateef the Truthspeaker. He hosts an online cooking show, Dinner in Place. He is also known as Asia Born, Macka Dang Dang, and LB.

Lyrics Born was born in Tokyo, Japan, to an American mother, Charlotte, and a Japanese father, Takao Shimura. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and Berkeley, California. He is married to American singer Joyo Velarde.

Lyrics Born’s maternal grandfather was named Louis Arizo/Arvizo. Louis was born in Pennsylvania, to Italian parents.

Lyrics Born’s maternal grandmother was named Minerva/Myrna Marcovich (the daughter of William Marcovich and Ethel). Minerva was born in Canada, to a Romanian Jewish father and a Ukrainian Jewish mother.

Sources: https://jweekly.com

Genealogy of Lyrics Born’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org