Cold Crush Brothers
Members DJ Tony Tone (Angelo King) Easy AD (Adrian Harris) DJ Charlie Chase (Carlos Mandes) Grandmaster Caz (Curtis Fisher) Almighty KG (Kenneth Pounder) JDL (Jerry Dee Lewis) Money Ray (Eric Hoskins) d. 10/3/02 This was one of the biggest crews of the early hip hop landscape. The roster to the right is misleading in regards to the original members of the Cold Crush Brothers. Original members included Chase, Tone, A.D. Whipper Whip,...
Captain Rock
His real name is Ronnie Green. Captain Rock was an underground fixture in the early 80’s. Captain Rock was produced by Aleem (Taharqa & Tunde-ra Aleem) on NIA. He appeared at the UK Fresh Fest 86 where he allegedly striped down to his thong on stage. Several of his tracks include “Captain Rock to the Future Shock”, “House of Rock”, and “Cosmic Glide”. Before being Captian Rock he was Dr...
Captain Sky
Born Daryl L. Cameron and hailing from Chicago, this ex-radio DJ (from WSKY) was inspired by Parliament and the P-funk sound. His most popular recordings were “Wonder Worm” and “Super Sporm Other recordings include “Don’t touch that radio dial” and “Station Brake” Check Out Captain Sky on Soul Train Additional info submitted by dagod9 Back to MC’s...
Busy Bee
Chief Rocker Busy Bee (David Parker) first entered the hip hop in 1977. He earned his reputation and amassed a large following in early battles around New York, including winning the New Music Seminar’s MC World Supremacy Belt in 1986. He made a record in1980 called “Rappin’ All Over” as a member of the Marvelous Three (which included DJ Smalls and AJ (later AJ Scratch- Kurtis Blow’s DJ). He’s a...
The Boogie Boys
Members Boogie Knight (William Stroman) d. 10/01 Romeo JD (Joe Malloy) Lil’ Rahiem (Rudy Sheriff) Kool Ski (Keith Short) This Harlem based group has an often misunderstood history. The Boogie Boys originally are Keith Short (Kool Ski) and William Stroman (Boogie Knight). They battled Pernellio and Crew at the popular IS 201 128th and Madison Avenue to get their first record deal with Mike and Dave Records. The song was called...
