Toki Wright, born March 27, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a rapper and music educator. He first appeared in the hip-hop scene in the late 1990s, forming the duo The C.O.R.E. with Adonis D. Frazier; their debut album Metropolis (2003) marked his entry into the industry. In 2009, Wright released his solo debut A Different Mirror on Rhymesayers Entertainment, featuring the title track “A Different Mirror”, which reflected on multicultural history. Subsequent releases included the EP Black Male (2010), the mixtape Faders (2012), and the album Pangaea with Big Cats (2014). He released the EP At the Speed of Life 3 (2017) and launched and led a hip-hop studies program at McNally Smith College of Music before becoming Assistant Chair of Professional Music at Berklee College of Music in 2018.
