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Onyx
Onyx is a hip-hop group from Queens, New York. They are known for their
aggressive, confrontational style of rap, pioneering the subgenre that is now
known as “hardcore hip-hop.” Through their song “Slam,” they were also the first
to introduce slam dancing into hip-hop concerts. Onyx started in 1988 when
schoolmates Fred Lee Scruggs (known as Fredro Starr), Tyrone Taylor (known as
Sonny Seeza), and Mario Fletcher (known as Big DS) decided to form a group,
recording demos in a basement and eventually releasing their first single
through Profile Records. In 1991, the band signed to...
