The artist Brand Nubian is an American group .
Brand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle , New York , consisting of three MC 's : Grand Puba ( born Maxwell Dixon , on March 4 , 1966 ) , Sadat X ( formerly Derek X , born Derek Murphy , on December 29 , 1968 ) and Lord Jamar ( born Lorenzo Dechalus , on September 17 , 1968 ) , and two DJs : DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere .
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