Housing project in the north-side of Chicago notorious for outrageous violence, projects, and poverty. Many members of the gang the “Gangster Disciples” reside there.

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In 1996, Time magazine ranked Newark (a.k.a. “The Brick City”) “The Most Dangerous City in the Nation.”

The Fugees, Whitney Houston, Redman, and Ice-T are all from Newark.

You never really know how shocked and awake you are untill you are on the brink of death. If a gun were to be pointed at your face, you’re heart would be pumping faster than ever, your thoughts would be everywhere, and you would get a huge adrenaline rush. When Masta Ace rhymes, the wack rapper calling himself “the best” would be staring at the death of his career, and it would be a horrible wake-up call of realization.

But Rap Genius can: Every Masta Ace song

Despite being in the game for what seems like forever (‘88), Ace is still hungry for more and still motivated. He’s old, and getting older, but he’s still a force in the rap game.
Masta Ace 1990:

Masta Ace 2012:

He’s definitely aged a lot, but the motivation and rhyme ingenuity is still there!

Marco Polo is a Canadian producer from Toronto. He moved to New York and started his career in 2004 when he hooked up with Masta Ace, who at the time was looking for some beats for his album A Long Hot Summer.

Nowadays all the fun has been replaced with money. The industry got popular as it evolved, and then people realized they could make money off of it. It used to be about Expressing Yourself but now it’s just all about Gettin' Paid, and it’s really taken a tragic toll on the quality and creativity of this once beautiful form of art.

This is a shout out to Jermaine Dupri… One may guess that the two don’t even know each other, but as it turns out, Dupri is actually the executive producer of the song “Whatz up, Whatz up” by Playa Poncho featuring L.A. Sno. He also is the executive producer of all four remixes, two of which B-Rock appears on. The songs were released in 1995.

A friend of the group who is actually a member of the group Duice, the masterminds behind the hit “Dazzy Duks”. This group of friends sure do produce some memorable one-hit wonders.