Biography: Volume 10, Vordul Megilah, Vanilla Ice, Vast Aire, Vellie Boyz, Verbal Threat, Vico C, Vakill, Violadores del Verso, Virus Syndicate,

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Part of Los Angeles’ Heavyweights Crew, which included Freestyle Fellowship, Medusa, and Ganjah K, Volume 10 was part of the West Coast’s vibrant underground rap scene in the ’90s

Vordul Megilah Biography, Photos, Pictures

The quieter half of the acclaimed hip-hop duo Cannibal Ox (who counted El-P as their producer), Vordul Mega (or Vordul Megilah) first began rhyming at 13 in the mid-’80s when hip-hop was in its golden years, and continued onward from there

With his hit single “Ice Ice Baby” and its accompanying album, To the Extreme, Vanilla Ice became the second white rapper to top the charts Unlike the Beastie Boys, he didn’t have any street credibility, so the Miami-born rapper decided to invent some of his own, claiming he had a seriously violent gangster past

New York rapper Vast Aire first appeared on the East Coast underground hip-hop scene as part of the Atoms Family collective in the late ’90s, but he gained wider attention as one half of the duo Cannibal Ox alongside Vordul Megilah

Timothy “Vellie Boy” Cornelius and Pathella “Blackjack” Cornelius are the sons of 70s soul performer and songwriter Eddie Cornelius, Jr The elder Cornelius had hits in 1972 with “Treat Her Like a Lady” and “Too Late to Turn Back Now,” so it wasn’t surprising when his two sons aimed for a career in music

Verbal Threat Biography, Photos, Pictures

Not to be confused with a similarly named West Coast rap group who’ve played shows with the Pharcyde, Verbal Threat was a Virginia-based hip-hop band who released 1996’s Essence for the Action Verbz label

Puerto Rican rapper Vico C experienced wavering popular success throughout the ’90s in the United States while remaining consistently popular in Latin America Born Luis Armando Lozada on September 8, 1971, in Brooklyn, NY, Vico grew up surrounded by the rough streets of New York, where crime, violence, and drugs are often a part of life

Chicago MC Vakill was born Donald Mason on the city’s near south side in 1975 According to Bob Mehr’s profile in the January 27, 2006, edition of Chicago Reader, he discovered hip-hop in his early teens, favoring the kind of literate, ingenious rhymes he would later pursue with his own music

Violadores del Verso Biography, Photos, Pictures

Latin rap foursome Violadores del Verso, also known as Doble V, got involved in the Spanish hip-hop scene in 1997 after Kase-O (Javier Ibarra) and former members of Bufank and el Aborto de la Música — Liriko (David Gilaberte), R de Rumba (Rubén Cuevas), and Sho-hai (Sergio Rodríguez, aka Hate) — decided to create a new project

Virus Syndicate Biography, Photos, Pictures

Virus Syndicate, a grime crew hailing from Manchester — rather than London, grime’s ground zero — has featured producers MarkOne and Plasticman, as well as MCs Goldfinger, JSD, and Nika D

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