The group started ghostwriting for Puffy, providing his verses on Notorious B.I.G.'s "Victory" and the remix to Ma$e's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down." Blige eventually heard their homemade mix tapes and introduced them to Combs, who signed them to his Bad Boy Records and suggested they shorten their name to the LOX, an acronym for Living Off Experience. The trio entered Westchester Community College but soon dropped out to pursue rap careers. They formed a rap group called the Warlocks and made tapes to sell at their high school. As preteens, the neighborhood friends started rapping together. Members of the LOX hail from Yonkers, New York, a lower-middle-class suburb of New York City. Their lyrics are gritty and street-oriented, enhanced with wit and a no-nonsense delivery. They survived the changing tastes of hip-hop and a public face-off with Sean "Puffy" Combs, the powerful impresario. The LOX are a resilient hardcore rap trio.
Hit songs since 1990: "Money, Power & Respect," "Wild Out" Members: Jayson "Jadakiss" Phillip (born Yonkers, New York, ) Sean "Sheek" Jacobs (born Yonkers, New York, 30 September 1974) David Styles (born Corona, New York, 28 November 1974).īest-selling album since 1990: Money, Power & Respect (1998)
0 kommentar(er)
