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The Cold Crush Brothers formed in 1978 in the Bronx, New York City. The group included members such as The Original DJ Tony Tone, Supreme Easy A.D., DJ Charlie Chase, Whipper Whip, Mr. Tee, and Dot-A-Rock.
On the 3rd of July 1981, the Cold Crush Brothers faced the Fantastic Five in a basketball court battle for $1000 cash. Although the judges declared the Fantastic Five the winners, Grandmaster Caz stated that the Cold Crush Brothers won the war and the crowd agreed with their victory.
Big Bank Hank took rhymes from a Cold Crush Brothers tape to create Rapper's Delight without credit or compensation for Grandmaster Caz. This incident highlighted the exploitation of artists in the early days of hip-hop and became a major controversy over artistic credit.
The Cold Crush Brothers took 25 MCs, DJs, breakers, and bombers to Tokyo, Japan in 1983 to perform in one of the earliest foreign markets for hip-hop. This tour followed La Belle, France as a significant international expansion and demonstrated the universal appeal of the genre.
Punk Rock Rap was the first hip-hop recording to fuse hip-hop and rock and break the color barrier in hip-hop. The recording introduced the sound of hip-hop and rock to white youth in America and around the world.
DJ Tony Crush was inducted into the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture on the 24th of September 2016. This induction occurred on the same day the museum opened and recognized the group's contributions to hip-hop culture.