Tunde Adebimpe
Biography
Tunde Adebimpe is a Nigerian-born actor, director and musician best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His first solo record, Thee Black Boltz, was released in April 2025 via Sub Pop Records.
In 2012, he formed the band Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band, who released their self-titled EP on their own ZNA records in October 2013.
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In 2008, he formed the experimental side project Nevermen with Mike Patton and Doseone. Their self-titled debut album, was ultimately released in 2016.
Over the years he's provided backing/guest vocals for several artists including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dragons of Zynth, Atmosphere, Subtle, Massive Attack and Run the Jewels.
He is also an accomplished animator - working as one of the initial animators on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, creating the video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song Pin, as well as videos for his own projects. He was responsible for the art direction on all of TV on the Radio's album covers, and even painted the cover for the band's 2013 single "Mercy".
He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His acting career has included roles in the films "Rachel Getting Married," "Spider-Man: Homecoming," "Marriage Story," "She Dies Tomorrow" and "Twisters" - along with many voice acting roles in television shows and a role in the "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" series.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.