Damani Thompson, known by the
stage names,
Phesto and
Phesto Dee (born April 29, 1974), is an
American rapper and
producer. He is one of the founding four members of the
Oakland, California-based
underground hip hop group
Souls of Mischief, and, with the Souls of Mischief, a part of the eight-person, alternative hip hop
collective, the
Hieroglyphics.