Kool Moe Dee

Genres:	Comedy • Drama • Music Videos & Concerts • Mystery / Thriller • R&B / Soul • Sci-Fi / Fantasy • Urban & Rap
Descriptive "tags":	hip-hop • old school • rap • east coast rap • hip hop
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	IMDb • Wikipedia

Biography

Mohandas DeWese, 8 August 1962, Harlem, New York, USA. Once of original rap pioneers Treacherous Three, Kool Moe Dee carved a solo career bracing his old school style against the more urbane concerns of the new wave. He originally started rapping in his native Harlem by grabbing the mic at house parties, soon hooking up with his Treacherous colleagues L.A. Sunshine and Special K. However, with interest failing in the outfit following the arrival of a new wave of hip-hop artists, in 1986 he elected to work as a solo artist. He graduated from SUNY at Old Westbury, before his solo career started in earnest when he joined up with Teddy Riley for the crossover hit, ‘Go See The Doctor’, a cautionary account of the dangers of AIDS. Released on Rooftop Records, it won him a fresh contract with Jive Records. Much of his notoriety as the 80s progressed involved a long-running duel on record with LL Cool J, the first flowering of which was the title track to his...

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