Herbert Anthony Stevens IV (born February 23, 1987), better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American hip hop recording artist from Carson, California, signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope Records. Stevens is best known as a member of hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, along with his label-mates and fellow West Coast rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. He has so far released two independent albums under the label Top Dawg Entertainment, Longterm Mentality and Control System, to moderate success.