Wilbur Bass, better known as Blaq Poet is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, USA.
Blaq Poet was first heard in the track "Beat You Down" from the Bridge Wars during 1987, a diss song towards KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions. At that time Poet was at least 16 years old, as stated in a 2009 radio interview. During 1991, Poet and DJ Hot Day made a duo called PhD and released their debut album, Without Warning on Tuff City Records. After the group was unsuccessful in finding a new record label, they parted ways. Read more on Last.fm