{{short description|American hip hop group}} {{for-multi|the New Zealand band|Low Profile (New Zealand band)|other uses|Low profile (disambiguation){{!}}Low profile}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Low Profile | image = Low-profile.jpg | caption = From left to right: DJ Aladdin, WC | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = West Coast hip-hop | years_active = {{start date|1987}}–{{end date|1990}} | label = Rhyme $yndicate, Priority | associated_acts = {{hlist|Ice-T|WC and the Maad Circle|King T}} | past_members = DJ Aladdin<br/>WC }}
'''Low Profile''' was an American hip-hop duo from Los Angeles. The group consisted of record producer Alphonso "D.J. Aladdin" Henderson and rapper William "W.C." Calhoun Jr.,<ref name="Birchmeier">Birchmeier, Jason "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/low-profile-mn0000836845/biography Low Profile Biography]", AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2013</ref> who went on to pursue a career in visual arts. The duo made its debut with {{proper name|Rhyme $yndicate}} Records, on a compilation album produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, before becoming a duo on Priority Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timeisillmatic.me/2011/10/19/low-profile-were-in-this-together-january-251990/|title = Low Profile – We're in This Together (January 25,1990)|date = 19 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Low-Profile-Were-In-This-Together/release/99225|title = Low Profile – We're in This Together (1989, CD)|website = Discogs| year=1989 }}</ref>thumb|Lyricist/vocalist WC in Los Angeles 1989thumb|DJ Aladdin, Hollywood 1989The group was a short-lived but influential West Coast hip-hop duo. Together, they released only album, ''We're in This Together''. They also appeared on the Rhyme Syndicate compilation ''Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through''. DJ Aladdin began working with Ice-T, and WC formed a group called WC and the Maad Circle which included a then-unknown rapper named Coolio.<ref name="Birchmeier" />
==Discography== ;Studio albums * 1989 – ''We're in This Together'' <small>(#66 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)</small>
;Singles * 1987 – "Hip Hop I Crave"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Low-Profile-Hip-Hop-I-Crave/release/2698421|title = Low Profile – Hip Hop I Crave (1987, Vinyl)|website = Discogs| year=1987 }}</ref> * 1989 – "Pay Ya Dues" <small>(#8 on the Hot Rap Songs)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Low-Profile-Pay-Ya-Dues/master/230090|title = Low Profile - Pay Ya Dues|website = Discogs| year=1989 }}</ref> * 1990 – "Funky Song" <small>(#87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Low-Profile-Funky-Song/master/240131|title=Low Profile - Funky Song|website=Discogs|year=1990 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Low-profile-funky-song-lyrics|title=Low Profile – Funky Song}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=WC&tab=songaswriterchartstab|title=WC ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Low+Profile Low Profile] at Discogs. * [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dj-aladdin DJ Aladdin Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (2020)
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Category:Hip-hop groups from California Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:African-American musical duos Category:Musical duos from California Category:American hip-hop duos Category:West Coast hip-hop groups Category:Musical groups established in 1987 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Category:Priority Records artists