Biography
Tsutomu William "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Blazing Arrow
2002

Psyence Fiction
1998

Nia
1999

Quannum Spectrum
1999

The Craft
2005

Quannum Presents Solesides Greatest Bumps
2000

The Extravaganza / Looking Over A City
1999

The Album
1997

Same !@#$, Different Day
2005

Later That Day...
2003

Adventures Of A Reluctant Superhero
2019

Imani Vol. 1
2015

Twelve Reasons To Die II
2015

And The Summertime Pool Party
2006

One A.M.
2003

Soul Food Taqueria
2003

AnotherLateNight
2001

Discern / Define
2001

I Changed My Mind
1999

Hardcore (Instrumental) Hip Hop / Fully Charged On Planet X
1996

4
2010

From The Corner To The Block
2007

Shifting Gears
2005

Coup De Theatre
2004
Credited work
389 releases · 68 albums · active 1995–2026
- Performance · 555
- Production · 332
- Engineering · 176
- Other credits · 161
Studios: The Glue Factory · Live Oak Studios · Strongroom · The Hut, Oakland
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Latyrx
- Blackalicious
- UNKLE
- Tommy Guerrero
- The Poets Of Rhythm
- Quannum
- Lateef The Truth Speaker
