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African-American musical groups

  • Wu-Tang ClanIn the late 1980s, cousins Robert Diggs, Gary Grice, and Russell Jones formed a group named Force of the Imperial Master in Staten Island.
  • Run-DMCIn 1983, three young men from Hollis, Queens formed a group that would change music history. Joseph Simmons and Darryl McDaniels met Jason Mizell at…
  • Boogie Down ProductionsThe year 1986 marked the birth of Boogie Down Productions in the South Bronx. KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock formed the core of this new hip-hop group.
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious FiveGrandmaster Flash and the Furious Five formed in 1978 within the South Bronx of New York City. The group began as a trio called the Three MC's featuring…
  • The Sugarhill GangEnglewood, New Jersey, 1979. Sylvia Robinson stood in a recording studio and assembled three men from her hometown into a group.