Chubb Rock (Artist Bio)
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Chubb Rock (Artist Bio)
Chubb Rock Artist (Bio)
Chubb Rock often evokes images of a hip-hop Barry White (whom he dueted with on And the Winner Is...).
Chubb Rock had a group while he was a teenager in New York . born on May 28, 1968 in Jamaica) is a New York-based rapper who released several commercially successful hip hop albums circa 1990.
His 1991 release entitled The One, reached ..13 on Billboard's "Top Hip-Hop/R&B" chart for that year.
Three singles from that release made it to ..1 on Billboard's "Top Rap Single" chart list for the same year.
The following year saw the release of I Gotta Get Mine Yo, a release which features guest performances from Grand Puba Maxwell, Poke, and Rob Swinga. This release also helped fledgling music producers Trakmasterz, on their rise to prominence, as they handled production duties on the recording. Chubb Rock was also a member of the 1995 incarnation of the Crooklyn Dodgers, a rap act that also featured O.C and Jeru The Damaja.Chubb Rock is regarded as one of the East Coast's most dexterous rappers. So nicknamed because of his ample height and girth ("6 foot 4 and maybe a quarter of an inch bigger/than last year but still a unique figure" - from "Treat 'Em Right"), Chubb released his first album for Select records in 1988. Chubb Rock Featuring Howie Tee featured the underground hits, "Caught Up" and "DJ Innovator." 1989's And the Winner Is... earned Chubb Rock a lot more notice, and in the early '90s Chubb had a number of hit singles including "Ya Bad Chubbs," "Treat 'Em Right" and "Just the Two of Us." Chubb's career was proving most prolific, and was largely responsible for starting the careers of the Trackmasterz -- Poke and Red Hot Lover Tone. His dancers even put out an album under the name of the A-Teem titled A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich.Chubb Rock's Music is on Rageneo's Internet Radio Station (Kings Level 3 Radio).
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