Chicago's Crucial Conflict scored with their one and only hit single, "Hay" in the summer of 1996.
In 1998, Imajin, a quartet of four teenaged musicians, scored a top 40 single with their single "Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind)."
Duice's ode to short shorts had girls from coast to coast rocking their "Dazzey Duks" in 1993.
Nonchalant was a Washington, DC based rapper who released one album, 1996's Until The Day, that spawned a top 40 single in "5 O'Clock."
Pressha got his start as a part of the group Southsyde B.O.I.Z. before he had his only hit single as a solo artist with "Splackavellie" in 1998.
Listening to Glenn Lewis' breakout single, "Don't You Forget It," it was easy to think that Stevie Wonder had finally tapped back into the sound that made his 1970s albums so great.
Goodfellaz had a minor hit in 1996 with "Sugar Honey Iced Tea." Produced by The Family Stand, the song reached number 25 on Billboard's R&B chart.
Laquan was a sixteen-year old emcee from California who enjoyed a mild hit with his single “Now’s The B-Turn” in 1990.
In 1984, at the height of Michael Jackson mania, the eldest of the Jackson children, Rebbie, released her debut single "Centipede."
J.T. Money got his start in the Miami based hip-hop group Poison Clan which was discovered by Uncle Luke in the early 90s.
MoKenStef, aka Monifa, Kenya, and Stephanie, hit big in 1995 with their incredibly catchy single "He's Mine."
In 1993, five Compton, CA residents collectively known as D.R.S. had a hit single with “Gangsta Lean,” an ode to their dead homiez.
