2 Live Crew

2 Live Crew is a rap group from the mid 80's that caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their works.

Fast Facts

1. Genre: rap
2. Origin: Miami, Florida
3. Formed: 1985
4. Albums: 13
5. Labels: Luke Records, Lil Joe Records
6. Sued by Roy Orbison over copywrite issues regarding a parody they did for Oh, Pretty Woman
7. Band split up in 1992
8. Became The New 2 Live Crew in 1994 but broke up again in 1995
9. Planning a new album some time in 2008

Career

2 Live Crew was founded by Mr Mixx, Fresh Kid Ice and Amazing Vee while they were in the U.S. Air Force together. Their first single, Revelation, was released in 1984 and due to the song's success in Florida caused the group to move to Miami and join up with rapper/manager Luther Campbell. In 1990, a controversy was created when a judge ruled the songs on the album As Nasty As They Wanna Be were obscene and retailers of the album were arrested. 2 Live Crew also faced chargeds for attempting to perform the song at a concert. The original ruling was eventually overturned and the album's final sales were over 2 million copies.

Members

• Luther Campbell
• Fresh Kid Ice
• Mr Mixx|Mr. Mixx
• Brother Marquis
• Amazing Vee

Albums

• 1986: The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
• 1988: Move Somethin'
• 1989: As Nasty As They Wanna Be
• 1990: Banned in the U.S.A.

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