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2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew
American hip-hop group
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Luther Campbell
Luther Campbell
American rapper
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
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Flo Rida
Flo Rida
American rapper from Florida
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Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh
American beatboxer, rapper and producer
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Raekwon
Raekwon
American rapper
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Trina
Trina
American rapper, record producer, songwriter and model from Florida
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Trick Daddy
Trick Daddy
American rapper and actor from Florida
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Kid 'n Play
Kid 'n Play
American band
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Maestro
Maestro
Canadian rapper, record producer, and actor
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¡Mayday!
¡Mayday!
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Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa
American rapper from Illinois
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Baby Blue Soundcrew
Baby Blue Soundcrew
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Slick Rick
Slick Rick
British-American rapper
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Evidence
Evidence
American MC, producer, and member of the rap group Dilated Peoples
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Big Tymers
Big Tymers
American hip hop duo from Louisiana
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People Under the Stairs
People Under the Stairs
American former hip hop duo
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Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
South Korean hip hop group
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Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic
American hip hop group
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Classified
Classified
Canadian rapper and producer
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Choclair
Choclair
Canadian rapper
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Tragedy Khadafi
Tragedy Khadafi
American rapper
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Mannie Fresh
Mannie Fresh
American record producer, DJ and rapper from Louisiana
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Whodini
Whodini
American hip-hop group
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Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa
American hip-hop group
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Rick Ross
Rick Ross
American rapper
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Lil Tjay
Lil Tjay
American rapper from New York
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Higher Brothers
Higher Brothers
Chinese hip-hop band
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Tuff Crew
Tuff Crew
Pioneering Hip Hop group from Philadelphia
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Juelz Santana
Juelz Santana
American rapper from New York
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Jim Jonsin
Jim Jonsin
American record producer
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DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled
American DJ, record executive, record producer, and media personality
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Rae Sremmurd
Rae Sremmurd
American hip hop duo
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Hot Boys
Hot Boys
American band
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The Fat Boys
The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio
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Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, record producer and activist
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Rich the Kid
Rich the Kid
American rapper from Georgia
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Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
American rapper
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L'Trimm
L'Trimm
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Ice-T
Ice-T
American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer
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Chingy
Chingy
American rapper
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Kangol Kid
Kangol Kid
Haitian-American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer, and emcee
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Jeezy
Jeezy
American rapper from Atlanta
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Blueface
Blueface
American rapper
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
American hip-hop group
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E SENS
E SENS
South Korean rapper
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Sir Michael Rocks
Sir Michael Rocks
American rapper
Fresh Kid Ice
Chinese Trinidadian-American rapper and co-founder of rap group 2 Live Crew

Fresh Kid Ice

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Chinese Trinidadian-American rapper and co-founder of rap group 2 Live Crew
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Christopher Wong Won (May 29, 1964 – July 13, 2017), better known by his stage name Fresh Kid Ice, was the first Asian American rapper, a Miami bass pioneer, a producer, and an author. Wong Won was a co-founder and original member of controversial rap group 2 Live Crew, appearing on all of the group's albums from 1985 to 1998. Wong Won was born and spent his early childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, before emigrating to the United States and settling in Brooklyn, New York City with his family when he was 12. In his early twenties, Wong Won received recognition as a rapper while enlisted in the United States Air Force and stationed in California, with fellow Airmen Amazing Vee (Yuri Vielot) and Mr. Mixx (David Hobbs), with whom he co-founded 2 Live Crew. Early 2 Live Crew singles gained traction in Florida, so much so that Miami-based concert promoter Luther Campbell invited them to perform in Florida. After achieving a level of success performing in Florida, Wong Won and Hobbs relocated there. By 1986, the group released the single "Throw The ‘D’", with Wong Won solely writing and performing the rap. It is now considered the blueprint of Miami bass.

Later in 1986, with rapper Brother Marquis (Mark D. Ross) and Campbell officially part of the group, 2 Live Crew released their Gold debut studio album, The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are. The album established the group's signature style of comical sexually explicit lyrics. 2 Live Crew's third studio album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989), went Platinum, and was met with considerable controversy which helped turn the group into a major rap act. A U.S. District Court in Florida ruled the album legally obscene, with all band members charged and criminally prosecuted, but all later acquitted. 2 Live Crew released five subsequent studio albums, to varying degrees of success and with different line-ups, but Wong Won appeared in all incarnations of the group.

Wong Won was the first prominent Asian and Asian American rapper, releasing his first solo album, The Chinaman, in 1992. In the early 2000s, he released three additional solo studio albums and discovered rapper Flo Rida. During 2006–07, he and Ross reformed 2 Live Crew. The duo began to tour, release singles and make announcements of two new albums which remained unreleased. During that time, he published his autobiography My Rise 2 Fame (2015). He left the group a year later. In 2017, he released his final project, Breaking Glass Ceilings Volume 1, and died in Miami of cirrhosis of the liver on July 13.