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Flavor Unit The Flavor Unit is a crew of emcees and DJs from New York City and Northern New Jersey. It is now known as the Unit. The original version of the crew centered on producer the 45 King. It was Mark's connections to radio personalities DJ Red Alert and DJ Chuck Chillout that initially got the crew noticed, but the original members also all had formidable rhyme skills and wrote streetwise lyrics. The 45 King eventually fell into serious drug abuse and Queen Latifah took over the name; it became her umbrella organization. Flavor Unit Management is run by Latifah, one of the original members of the Flavor Unit, and Shakim Compere. Past management clients were Monica, OutKast, Faith Evans, Total, SWV, Almighty RSO (a group featuring Ray Dog, better known today as Benzino), Groove Theory, Monifah, Gina Thompson, LL Cool J, Zhané, Donell Jones, and Naughty By Nature.
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Queen Latifah Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, actress, model, television producer, record producer, and talk show host. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album "All Hail the Queen" the same year, featuring the hit single "Ladies First". "Nature of a Sista" (1991) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records.
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Frankie Cutlass Frank Javiel Malave (born January 16, 1971), better known by his stage name Frankie Cutlass, is an American Platinum producer, DJ, rapper, musician, writer, and remixer from Harlem, New York, United States.
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Blu (rapper) John Barnes III was born on April 15, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. He was introduced to Hip Hop through his father, who gave him LL Cool J, Fat Boys, Kool Moe Dee, Ice-T, Too Short, 2 Pac, and Geto Boys tapes as a young kid. His parents split when he was 6, and his stepfather was a pastor who restricted him from listening to hip hop and secular music. He sang in the church choir and the choir in school. His cousin wrote his first rap when he was 13, which they incorporated in their dance routines that they did all over the neighborhoods. In High School, Blu moved to San Pedro where he began freestyle rapping in ciphers, making karaoke mixtapes, and battling rival crews. He broke his ankle in 12th grade and dropped out shortly after he realized he would not be able to play basketball the rest of the season and many of his friends were killed in gang wars. Blu kept rapping while maintaining odd jobs like selling shoes, warehouse work, and doing lights for movie sets.
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Tone Lōc Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Tone Lōc or Tone-Lōc , is an American rapper and actor. He is best known for his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".
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Brisco (rapper) British Alexander Mitchell (born June 28, 1982), who performs under the stage name Brisco, is an American rapper.
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Cash Out John-Michael Hakim Gibson, (born August 15, 1990), better known by his stage name Cash Out (stylized Ca$h Out) is an American rapper originally from Columbus, Georgia, and later raised in Atlanta, Georgia. His debut album "Let's Get It", was released on August 26, 2014 and was preceded by the lead single "She Twerkin".
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again (and, formerly, NBA YoungBoy), is an American rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He gained local attention after the release of his single "Homicide" featuring fellow Baton Rouge Rapper Scotty Cain in December 2015 and later widespread attention after the release of his hit single, "38 Baby" in August 2016. His most recent mixtape, "AI YoungBoy", was released in August 2017.
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Cool C Christopher Douglass Roney (born December 15, 1969), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper who was active in the late 1980s. He is also known for his involvement in the murder of Philadelphia Police officer Lauretha Vaird, during a bank robbery in January 1996.
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Tay-K Taymor Travon McIntyre (born June 16, 2000) better known by his stage name Tay-K is an American rapper from Arlington, Texas. He is best known for his hit song "The Race" which charted at number 70 and peaked at 44 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 following Mcintyre's arrest in Elizabeth, New Jersey after a nationwide manhunt.
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Worldwide (rapper) Michael Parker (born March 2, 1986), better known by the stage name Worldwide, is an independent rapper, emcee, music producer & hiphop artist from San Antonio, Texas.
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J. Cole Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985), better known by his stage name J. Cole, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, "The Come Up", in early 2007. Intent on further pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he went on to release two additional mixtapes after signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.
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Lil' Troy Troy Lane Birklett (born February 24, 1966), better known by his stage name Lil' Troy is an American rapper from Houston, Texas.
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Born Gangstaz Born Gangstaz is the debut album released by gangsta emcee Boss, released on May 25, 1993, on Def Jam Recordings' West Coast-based sub-label DJ West and featured production from some of hip hop's top producers at the time, including Def Jef, Erick Sermon and Jam Master Jay. "Born Gangstaz" was a success, peaking at #22 on the "Billboard" 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Despite the success of this album, Boss has yet to release another album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Born Gangstaz" has sold 378,000 copies to date.
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Aston Matthews Matthew Lopez (born October 30, 1989), better known by his stage name Aston Matthews (styled as A$ton Matthews), is a Guatemalan-American rapper from Los Angeles, California. Matthews is also part of the hip-hop group Cutthroat Boyz with rappers Vince Staples and Joey Fatts.
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Bushwick Bill Richard Stephen Shaw (born December 8, 1966), better known by the stage name Bushwick Bill, is a Jamaican-born American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop group Geto Boys.
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DJ Hollywood Anthony Holloway, better known as DJ Hollywood (born December 10, 1954), is an American MC/rapper and DJ.
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Count Bass D Dwight Conroy Farrell (born August 25, 1973), better known by the stage name Count Bass D, is an American rapper, record producer and multi-instrumentalist who resides in Atlanta, Georgia. His production style is characterised by layers of short MPC samples and film snippets complemented with live instrumentation, and eccentric lyrics laid atop.
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Kokane Jerry B. Long Jr. (born March 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Kokane, is an American rapper best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances, such as on Snoop Dogg's "Tha Last Meal".
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Mellow Man Ace Ulpiano Sergio Reyes (born April 12, 1967), better known as Mellow Man Ace, is a Cuban-American rapper known for bilingual delivery and novelty rhymes. He was born in Cuba and left Cuba with his family at the age of four and resettled in Los Angeles.
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DJ Daryl Daryl L Anderson, better known as DJ Daryl, is a producer and DJ from Oakland, California. He was one of the originators of the group 415, producing their first album, "41Fivin". "Nu Niggaz On Tha Blokkk", the group’s second album (produced by DJ Daryl) released on Priority Records, peaked at #21 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #90 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart.
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Mick Luter Milton W. Luter (born 1978), better known by the stage name Mick Luter, is an American rapper based in Chicago, Illinois.