9th Wonder

9th Wonder, born Patrick Douthit, is exactly the kind of artist I root for. His soulful, sample-driven production reshaped a generation of hip-hop, and as head of Jamla Records he proved he could run the business too. But what truly wins me over is the second act: a beatmaker turned professor at Wake Forest, treating hip-hop as a subject worthy of serious study and preservation. There is something deeply admirable about an artist who not only makes the culture but works to hand it down intact to the next generation. Craftsman and educator at once, he models a rare and quietly heroic path.

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Name (English)

9th Wonder

Name (Japanese)

9th Wonder

Reading

ないんす・わんだー

Born

January 15, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Occupation

record producer / disc jockey / rapper / music executive

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

High school

Robert B. Glenn High School

University

North Carolina Central University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th%20Wonder
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th%20Wonder
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277512

Tags

• North Carolina
• record producer
• disc jockey
• rapper

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.