DJ Muggs helped pioneer a distinctive style of dark, hazy hip-hop during the 1990s as a founding member of Cypress Hill, and continued expanding his horizons throughout the following decades, branching off into trip-hop, alternative rock, and dubstep. In addition to nine studio albums with Cypress Hill (five gold- or platinum-certified), he is behind major hits for House of Pain ("Jump Around") and Ice Cube ("Check Yo Self," with Das EFX). He formed the Soul Assassins collective in 1997, and reached the Top 20 with the first of several guest-heavy full-lengths. He ventured into trip-hop with 1999's Juxtapose (with Tricky) and the 2003 solo effort Dust, and embraced dubstep and trap on 2013's Bass for Your Face. Muggs has released numerous albums with notable underground rappers such as Roc Marciano and Mach-Hommy, and produced the haunting instrumental full-length Dies Occidendum (2021) as the Black Goat.