Nefertiti was a product of the Los Angeles rap scene of the early ’90s, but L.I.F.E.: Living in Fear of Extinction didn’t fit any of the convenient stereotypes of L.A. rappers who emerged during that period. Nefertiti was far from a gangsta rapper, and she stayed away from commercial pop-rap. Sounding like a cross between Queen Latifah and MC Lyte…
L.A. duo Jekill and Jive. Jekill has released later work on Beni B’s ABB label as 13.
Hip Hop artist named Kevin Hicks also goes by 13 that had Joey Chavez hook him up with some nice beats was born in Detroit then moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles vicinity at age 5 to then eventually further his passion in music. Kev who goes by a sling of aliases, K-Hix, K-Hicks, Hollywood Kev, Jekill which is the name he went under in the mid-90s as one half of hip-hop act group Mannish which started it all and dropped their first disc ‘Audio Sedative‘…
Insane Poetry is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1988, Insane Poetry is considered to be one of the first horrorcore groups.
Three Times Dope is a hip hop trio from Philadelphia consisting of EST (Robert Waller), Chuck Nice (Walter Griggs) and Woody Wood (Duerwood Beale).
Scientifik was an MC from Boston, Massachusetts. He died in 1996 in a double homicide case that remains largely unsolved to this day…
Jesse B. Weaver, Jr., better known by the stage name Schoolly D, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Anotha Level was an underground hip hop group composed of five members, Bambino, Ced Twice, Stenge, Stix and Stones.
Ahmad Ali Lewis, who was born in Los Angeles, California, is an American emcee. Credited simply as Ahmad, he is best known for the 1994 single “Back in the Day”, a nostalgic song that became a signifier for nostalgia in hip-hop culture. Ahmad is also a member of the group 4th Avenue Jones…
Young Zee is a Newark, New Jersey based underground hip hop MC. One of the leading members of the Outsidaz, alongside Pacewon, when they were a group. Afterwards he went on to pursue a solo career…