Daniel Alan Maman (born October 25, 1977), professionally known as
The Alchemist (or simply
Alchemist), is an American
record producer,
disc jockey (DJ) and
rapper from
Beverly Hills, California. He began his music career in 1991 in the hip hop duo
The Whooliganz under the moniker Mudfoot, along with now-actor
Scott Caan (whose moniker was "Mad Skillz"). After rising to prominence in the late 1990s, as a close associate of
Dilated Peoples and
Mobb Deep, he went on to
produce for many of
hip hop's leading artists in the 2000s, and has been hailed as one of the genre's leading producers. He is currently working as a DJ with
Eminem. He produces for a lot of artists, most of his recent production is for a close group of frequent collaborative rappers. He focuses on producing entire albums for rappers and Instrumental projects of his own.