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Raekwon (Corey Woods) is a rapper based in New York City who started his career in 1985. Immobilarity was the second studio album, that Raekwon released. The album was certified gold in December 1999. Read More

Sweet Tea (Toi Jackson) and Jazzy Joyce (Joyce Spencer) collaborated and released the song "It's My Beat" in 1986. The single allowed both artists to gain numerous accolades.

Smiley released the album "The Smile Gets Wild" in the late 1980s. the album mixed the genres of Electronic and Hip Hop.

MC Shy-D (Peter Jones) started his career in Bronx, New York in the late 1980s. The song "Rapp Will Never Die" was one of the first single released by MC Shy D. Read More

Dimples D (Crystal Smith) is a rapper and one-hit-wonder who started her career in 1990. She worked with Marley Marl as a vocalist for the single, "Sucker DJ's."Read More

Run-D.M.C. is a hip hop group from New York that was founded in 1983. The Group included Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell. The group released the singles "Hard Times" and "Jam-Master Jay" prior to…

2 Live Crew is a hip-hop group from Miami, Florida that was founded in the early 1840s. The group is well known for performing sexually explicit content in their music.Read More

Public Enemy released this single, the same year that they released their debut studio album,Yo! Bum Rush the Show. Read More

L.L. Cool J released his singles "Going Back To Cali" and "Jack The Ripper" as songs from the album,Less Than Zero. Some of the songs peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

T La Rock (Terrence Ronnie Keaton) & Jazzy Jay (John Bayas) collaborated on several songs. "It's Yours" was released in 1984.