Dan Weiss, born July 22, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American alternative hip hop artist known as Verbal Kent. Growing up in Rogers Park, he began writing at 15 and studied music at Columbia College Chicago before dropping out in 1999 to form the live hip‑hop group Organic Mind Unit, where he transitioned from drummer to rapper. His solo debut What Box came in 2004, followed by Move With the Walls (2006), Fist Shaking (2008), Save Yourself (2011), Sound of the Weapon (2014), and Anesthesia (2015). He also collaborated with artists such as Ill Bill, Masta Ace, Pete Rock and !llmind. In 2013, he joined Apollo Brown and Red Pill to form Ugly Heroes, releasing a self‑titled album (2013) and Everything in Between (2016).
