{"id":1427,"date":"2010-01-07T00:24:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2014-04-21T21:37:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T02:37:07","slug":"koolmoedee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/artists\/emcees\/koolmoedee.htm","title":{"rendered":"Kool Moe Dee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kool Moe Dee was born on August 8, 1962\/3 as Mohandes Dewese.\u00a0 His early career began with his work with The Treacherous Three<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After leaving the group he attended college in NY and received a degree in communications.<\/p>\n

He was also involved in one of the most infamous battles in history against Busy Bee.<\/p>\n

Kool Moe Dee kick started his solo career while he was still signed to Sugar Hill with T3, releasing the single “Turn It Up” and lending his writing talents the Sugar Hill Gang’s<\/a> single “The Down Beat” (he also recorded his own version). Both singles were released in 1985.<\/p>\n

Once he decided to reenter the hip hop scene full time on his own he enlisted the help of an unknown producer named Teddy Riley.\u00a0 The first single was “Go See the Doctor” and it made them both famous.<\/p>\n

By 1986 he had signed to Jive and released his first solo album.<\/p>\n

In 1987, with the release of his next album “How Ya Like Me Now” and the single of the same name, Moe Dee moved into one of the most highlighted portions of his career.\u00a0 He took on LL Cool J in a war of words.\u00a0 LL fired back with “Jack the Ripper.” Moe Dee returned with “Let’s Go.”\u00a0 LL countered with “To The Break of Dawn.”\u00a0 And Moe Dee finished up with “Death Blow.”\u00a0 Good luck deciding on a clear winner (I think it was LL), but the results are one of the classic battles in hip hop history.<\/p>\n

He became the first rapper to ever perform on the Grammy Awards.\u00a0 He also participated in The Stop The Violence Movement single “Self Destruction.”\u00a0 In addition, he was part of the Quincy Jones project, “Back on the Block.”<\/p>\n

He has continued to release albums into the 90’s without much success with the exception of his greatest hits collections.<\/p>\n

He has released some tracks on Chuck D’s SlamJamz.Com site.<\/p>\n

Also he is now spelling his name “Kool Mo Dee”,<\/p>\n

He has appeared in several movies in the 1990’s and 2000’s including, (courtesy of IMDB.com)<\/p>\n