Old school Long Island rap group with connections to Public Enemy. This Long Island based group consisted of brothers Cracker Jay (Montez Johnson) and Double "Half Dead" D (Onzora Johnson). E.Z. Breeze (John Alford) from Hempstead, DJ Johnny Juice (John Rosado) from

Whodini was among the very first hip-hop groups to cultivate a high-profile national following for hip-hop music and made significant inroads on Urban radio. As they were contemporaries of other hip-hop groups such as the Fat Boys, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five and Afrika Bambaataa, they

Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Building from Run-D.M.C.'s street-oriented beats and Boogie Down Productions' proto-gangsta rhyming, Public Enemy pioneere

On the surface, the sample-reliant productions and monotone rapping styles of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith had little to recommend them, but the duo's recordings as EPMD were among the best in hip-hop's underground during

Three guys One girl and a One man BAND! Son of Bazerk featuring No Self Control and the BAND! hail from Freeport, Long Island. Bazerk(Tony Allen) Daddy Rawe(Gary Staton) Almighty Jahwell(Jeffrey Height) 1/2pint( Cassandra Jackson) and The BAND!(Travis Eason) debut