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Marlon G. Fletcher (July 29, 1971 – May 22, 2003), better known under his stage name Big DS, was an American rapper and record producer from Queens, New York. He was co-founder of the hardcore rap group Onyx. As a part of Onyx Big DS released one album "Bacdafucup" and 8 singles on JMJ Records and featured on 1993's Judgment Night (soundtrack).
Onyx is an American hardcore hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Suavé (also known as Sonny Seeza) and the late Big DS. Sticky Fingaz joined the group in 1991. They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single " Slam ", [ 2 ] which The Source magazine described as a song that introduced the art of slam ...
In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a single deal with the label Profile Records.In 1990, at York Studio in Brooklyn, they recorded their first single, "Ah, And We Do It Like This", which was released to low sales on April 30, 1990, on Profile. [2]
Onyx & JR.) from OptiMystic Day Of The Guiding Light; 2015: "Fight" by Лигалайз (feat. Onyx) from Лигалайз Fight - Single; 2015: "Nobody Move" by MoSS (feat. Onyx & Havoc) from MoSS Marching to the Sound of My Own Drum; 2015: "Las Calles Me Lo Exigen" by Tankeone (feat. Onyx) from Tankeone Las Calles Me Lo Exigen - Single
Fred started out doing breakdancing after watching the movie "Beat Street" (1984), he was known by the name Magic. [6]In late 1985 Fredro Starr decided to become a street poet after watching the movie "Krush Groove" (1985).
"Shut 'Em Down" is the last album released by Onyx on Def Jam. JMJ Records as well as Onyx were officially removed from Def Jam on "Black Thursday" - January 21, 1999 - because the label PolyGram, who in 1994 purchased 50% of Sony's Def Jam, was sold to Seagram on December 10, 1998.
Onyx performed the song live on HBO's Rosie Perez presents Society's Ride aired on May 14, 1993. "Slam" was performed live by Onyx on a late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show aired on June 3, 1993. "Slam" was performed live by Onyx via Pay-Per-View Cable TV on Russell Simmons's Phat Jam at The Academy Theatre, NYC on June 18, 1993.
Sonny Seeza stopped touring with Onyx in 2009 to begin a solo career, but he still performs with other members of the group on big shows. He no longer participates in recording new songs with Onyx. [12] Seeza's debut album Tytanium was released through Iceman Music Group on May 19, 2009. He said the album "was more a double mix-tape with old ...