Rammellzee
Rammellzee was born in 1960 in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY. Rammellzee, aside from being an old school graffiti artist with works seen around the world was very much an early MC/Rap Pioneer of vocal styles. Some of which were taught to him by one of his partners from way back- Jamel – Z. Styles like the “Gangsta Duck” (which he used on the infamous Jean Michel Basquiat produced “Beat Bop” circa 1983 with K...
Newcleus
Members Cozmo D (Ben Cenac) Lady E (Yvette Cook) Monique Angevin Chilly B (Bob Crafton) (d. 2/23/10) Tracey G (Tracey Greene) The group actually went through 3 incarnations. Formed in 1979, this group got started from a group of deejays called Jam-On Productions. In the early 80’s the group began to move into the world of electronic sound and began recording a demo tape. With time to spare on the tape, the group recorded one of...
Mikey D
Born in Queens, New York as Michael Anthony Deering. At an early age, Mikey started out on the park jam circuit with the Clientele Brothers. MC’s Will Seville, Eddie O’ Jay along with Mean Gene were considered among the best at displaying real rhyme skills as a group similar to the Cold Crush Brothers and The Force MC’s (later renamed The Force MD’s). As a group, the Clientele Brothers were looking for the next...
Mercedes Ladies
Members Baby D (D’Bora) Sherri-Sher RD Smiley Zina-Zee DJ LaSpank Eve-a-Def Sweet P Sty-Sty Widely recognized as the the first all female group, The Mercedes Ladies were founded around 1976. They were the sister group to Grandwizard Theodore and the L Brothers. They shared the same manager Trevor. They did shows with such acts as Kevie-Kev, Busy Bee Starski, Master Rob, Bambaataa, Red Alert, Kool Herc, The Furious Five, The...
Mean Machine
Members DJ Julio (Steven Santiago) Jimmy Mac (James Mclean) Mr. Nice (Jose Semprit) Mr. Schick (Daniel Rivera) The Mean Machine went through a few members in the late 70s, before settling to the final four members at the end of 1979. About a year and a half later, they were knocking on the doors of Sugar Hill Records and auditioning for Sylvia Robinson and her crew. They rapped in both English and in Spanish making them one of the...
MC Ricky D / Slick Rick
Rick “Slick Rick” Walters was born in London in 1965 and moved with his family to the Bronx in 1975. Charlie Rock of Harlem World Crew was very instrumental in bringing “Ricky D” AKA “Slick Rick” and Doug E. Fresh together when he was request by Doug to introduce him to Rick after he has seen him win a number of local MC battle contest. It was at a MC Contest at the 369 Armory on 142nd street in...
