Birth Name: Lofy (as registred on birth record)
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 21, 1966
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Irish, Belgian, German (mother)
Michael Franti is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, poet, and composer. He is the lead singer of the rock band Michael Franti & Spearhead.
Michael’s biological parents are Mary Lofy and Thomas Hopkins. Mary is of Irish, Belgian, and German descent, and Thomas is African-American, which Michael mentioned in an interview. In the same interview, Michael also mentioned having Native American ancestry on his father’s side. It is not clear if this ancestry has been documented/verified. He was adopted by a Finnish-American couple, Carole Wisti and Charles Franti.
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