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Initially just one single among countless other mixtape DJs in NY, DJ Whookid rose to prominence together with fellow Queens native 50 Cent and his G-Unit posse, whose freestyles he featured thoroughly and exclusively in his mixes. By enough time 50 blew up in early 2003, Whookid (delivered Yves Mondesire) …

DJ Spinna’s achievements surpass those of all DJs, yet he remained strictly an underground designer despite his amazing talent. Though mainly known for his hip-hop function, Spinna also extended his reach to add downtempo home music aswell. THE BRAND NEW York DJ remixed songs for many performers such as for …

His minute in the limelight might have been short, but Mase certainly scored several hits through the late ’90s alongside his mentor, Puff Daddy, and attemptedto capitalize on that success with Harlem Globe, his spin-off group. In some recoverable format, the group appeared incredibly appealing: Mase acquired initial scaled the …

A favorite radio character and rap archivist, Crimson Alert is well known for breaking the professions of several in hip-hop’s top notch, including Boogie Straight down Productions, Dark Sheep, A Tribe Called Mission, as well as the Jungle Brothers. Crimson Alert started his profession by doing work for Afrika Bambaataa …

DJ Mighty Mi a.k.a. Milo Berger is certainly one half from the Great and Mighty. The spouse getting Mr. Eon. Mighty Mi may be the Great and Mighty’s manufacturer/DJ.

Harmony’s brief profession as a single musician was aided by Boogie Down Productions’ KRS-One. In 1990, she released her lone record, Let There End up being Tranquility, on Jive. Made by KRS-One and regular BDP associate Sidney Mills (D-Nice, Ms. Melodie, Metal Pulse, Shinehead), the record shown Harmony’s knack for …

DJ Rectangle is actually a fight DJ — he won the U.S. DMC tournament in 1993 — and a maker and prolific blend DJ. Because the middle-’90s, Rectangle offers produced a apparently endless group of schizophrenic fight information and party-friendly mixtapes. The Los Angeles-based DJ’s mixes favour West Coast performers, …

Gravediggaz’s violent combination of hardcore gangsta rap and rock was labeled “horrorcore” by some within the press. The complete incident is relatively ironic, taking into consideration the history of the group. The mastermind of the group, the Undertaker, is way better referred to as Stetsasonic’s Prince Paul (given birth to …

Following deaths of Tupac Shakur as well as the Notorious B.We.G., DMX had taken over because the undisputed reigning ruler of hardcore rap. He was that uncommon item: a industrial powerhouse with creative and street reliability to extra. His speedy ascent to stardom was in fact almost ten years within …

Brooklyn-based rapper Half-a-Mill climbed his way up in the underground in the past due ’90s and nearly broke in to the mainstream. His preliminary breakthrough emerged in 1997 with an appearance on the best album with the Firm, an extremely touted supergroup offering Nas, AZ, Character, and Foxy Dark brown …