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A Bay Area rap duo formed at the beginning of the 1990s, RBL Posse (short for Ruthless By Law) was originally founded by Black C and Mr Cee The pair began producing tracks at Black C’s studio and emerged in 1991 with the underground hit “Don’t Give Me No Bammer

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A cousin of Snoop Doggy Dogg, RBX (“Reality Born Unknown”) got his start as a member of Dr Dre’s Death Row Records stable, contributing to both Dre’s The Chronic and Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggy Style

Preferring the roles of hip-hop insiders rather than recording artists, DJ/producer K-Def and vocalist Larry O kept a low profile in the game for a number of years K-Def lent production work to artists such as Da Youngstas while Larry O honed his microphone skills at open mics and freestyle competitions throughout New York and New Jersey

Standing for Revolutionary Emcees Advocating their Voices on Everyday Reality’s Struggle, the Reavers were formed thanks to each of the 11 members’ association with Brooklyn underground rap label Backwoodz Studioz

The ’80s popster turned proto-jungle revolutionary was born Michael West in 1965 in London He formed Double Trouble in the early ’80s with Michael Menson and Leigh Guest, releasing the ska-pop hit “Street Tuff

Born in Guyana, Brooklyn rapper Red Café immigrated to New York with his family when he was young, settling in the Caribbean-populated Flatbush section of Brooklyn Hip-hop music suddenly became an obsession for him after he first heard the Slick Rick/Doug E

A West Coast rapper with Mexican and Native American heritage, the poignant RedCloud had already been in and out of violent gang life by the time he was in the ninth grade Getting out wasn’t easy, but once out he changed his life and began studying the Bible along with hip-hop

Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. Biography, Photos, Pictures

This carrot-topped B-boy scored numerous hits with his teen-geared raps, which were sometimes vulgar and sometimes amusing “Pump It Hottee” was his finest moment, appearing on his 1989 debut for Virgin, Shade of Red

New Jersey rapper Redman made his initial impact with Whut? Thee Album in 1992 He blended reggae and funk influences with topical commentary and displayed a terse, though fluid rap style that was sometimes satirical, sometimes tough, and sometimes silly

Reen, also known as MC Rene, was born Rene El Khazraje in Braunschweig, Germany, on September 11, 1976 Interested in hip-hop, he first started freestyling when he was just a teenager, issuing his first single, “Reimenergie,” in 1993 on MZEE

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