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Artist description
Biggie Wells is a member of the seminal early 80s rap band Def Heat, famous for such tracks as "I got my gun" and "*%$#!@@#!" In the early ninties he started experimenting with scoring for Cartoon programs, but now he's back in the world of rap. |
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Music Style
Hardcore Rap from the Nantucket Ghetto |
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Musical Influences
Jurrasic Five, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Raymond Scott Orchestra, Spinto Band, Pennock Bridge Collective |
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Similar Artists
God |
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Artist History
1975 - Met Big Jewel and Snack-Pack at a bar in Atlanta, formed The Kop Killas.1976 - The Kop Killas change name to Alabi, add bassist Bass-Cleff1978 - Ink deal with Random Records1979 - Founding member Snak Pack dies before Alabi can release their first album, Kill or Be Killed, album is shelved, becomes one of the most-bootlegged albums of all time.1980 - Alabi changes their name to Def Heat, and release their first album Can You Feal Da Heat to critical and popular acclaim.1980-1987 - Def Heat release 3 more albums, all of them critically and popularly aclaimed1988 - Def Heat splits because of "Creative Differences"1990 - Biggie Wells starts scoring for Television Commercials1991 - Biggie Wells scores for the cartoon Kalamity Kat1991-1995 - Biggie Wells scores for several cartoons1996 - Biggie Wells finds jesus "In a stop and shop, in the Dairy section"1998 - Biggie Wells starts recording Rap again under the name Biggie Wells |
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Group Members
Biggie Wells, DJ YoCrunch |
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Location
Nantucket, MA - USA |
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