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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.
    Music Style
    Hardcore Rap from the Nantucket Ghetto
    Musical Influences
    Jurrasic Five, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Raymond Scott Orchestra, Spinto Band, Pennock Bridge Collective
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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
    Group Members
    Biggie Wells, DJ YoCrunch
    Location
    Nantucket, MA - USA

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