Edan Portnoy (born 1978), better known mononymously as Edan or Edan the Humble Magnificent, is an American hip-hop artist from Rockville, Maryland. == Early life == Born to middle-class parents who immigrated from Israel, Portnoy grew up in Rockville, Maryland. He is Jewish. In high school, he bought his first turntables and started mixing beats. Inspired by his classmate's rhymes, he started writing his own songs. After graduation, he entered Berklee College of Music, where he spent two and a... [more on Wikipedia]