Labtekwon
Labtekwon (born Omar Akbar) is a Hip Hop artist. His name is an acronym for "Lifeform Advanced Beyond Terrestrial Esoterics King Warrior Of Nubia." Career. Labtekwon is a well known MC in Baltimore's underground Hip-Hop community and the global underground with a long string of albums in his "Labteknology" series. He was invited to Los Angeles by the Project Blowed collective to perform in 1999. In 1998, "Baltimore City paper" created the category “Best MC” which Labtekwon would win several years between 1998 and 2003, becoming a regular fixture in the paper's "Best of Baltimore" list . He has performed at the Lyricist Lounge in New York and Project Blowed in Los Angeles and was a champion of the Zulu Nation Freestyle Competition in 1995. Labtekwon has shared the stage with Afrika Bambaata, Rakim, Kool Keith, MF DOOM, Psycho Les, A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, KRS-One, Black Thought, Aceyalone, Digital Underground, including his group the 410 Pharaohs on the first Baltimore Club Music/ Hip Hop hybrid album, "410 Funk". Personal life. Labtekwon is the youngest son of soul singer Harry Young, Jr., also known as "Doc Soul Stirrer". He graduated from Douglass High School, following  in the footsteps of the Baltimore group Z3MC. He also holds a baccalaureate degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a masters of arts degree from Morgan State University, and a doctorate degree from Howard University.