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Raymond Rogers (”Freaky Tah,” “Tahleek”)
Born: May 14, 1971, in Queens, New York
Died: March 28, 1999, in Queens, New York
Member of: Lost Boyz, 134 Allstars
1, 2, 3 – Lost Boyz
Like the blues, hip-hop’s ethos is to create something from nothing, makin’ a way outta no way, and it’s not surprising that a lot of hip-hop’s [...]
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Patrick Lamont Hawkins (”Fat Pat”)
Born: December 4, 1970, in Texas
Died: February 3, 1998, in Houston, Texas
Member of: Screwed Up Click
Tops Drop – Fat Pat
Thanks to DJ Screw and his Screwed Up Click, Houston’s rap scene rose to the top among late nineties Southern rap. An early member and collaborator was Mr. Fat Pat (or [...]
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Mia Zapata
Born: August 8, 1965, in Louisville, Kentucky
Died: July 7, 1993, in Seattle, Washington
Band: The Gits
Raised in Kentucky on Bessie Smith, Jimmy Reed, Hank Williams, Billie Holliday, and hardcore punk Mia founded the Gits at Antioch College in 1986. A few years later, the band and a group of friends moved to Seattle [...]
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Wallace Yohn
Born: January 12, 1947
Died: August 12, 1974, in Jackson Minnesota
Band: Chase
Wally played organ for Chase, a brass jazz-rock band led by trumpeteer Bill Chase. Wally joined the band for the third and last record, the excellent Pure Music, where his oscillating leads and dripping Hammond organ chords added flair and texture.
August [...]