Onyx is an American

hardcore hip hop Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally cha ...

group from

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, New York City, formed in 1988 by

Fredro Starr Fred Lee Scruggs Jr. (born April 18, 1971), better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor best known as a member of the hardcore rap group Onyx. Fredro Starr was discovered by the late hip hop star Jam Master Jay of ...

, Suavé (also known as

Sonny Seeza Tyrone Taylor (born November 13, 1970), better known by his stage name Sonny Seeza, or previously as Suavé and Sonsee, is an American hardcore rapper, record producer, DJ, actor, best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. ...

) and the late

Big DS Marlon G. Fletcher (July 29, 1971 – May 22, 2003), better known under his stage name Big DS, was an American hardcore 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 ...

Sticky Fingaz Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973), better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz, is an American hardcore rapper, record producer, and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. Sticky Fingaz was discovered by Jam ...

joined the group in 1991. They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "

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", which ''

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'' magazine described as a song that introduce the art of

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into hip-hop. The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart Top 25. Their debut album, ''

Bacdafucup ''Bacdafucup'' is the debut album by American hip hop group Onyx, released on March 30, 1993 by JMJ Records, Rush Associated Labels and Chaos Recordings. The album was produced by Chyskillz, Jam Master Jay and Kool Tee. ''Bacdafucup'' peaked at ...

'', has been certified platinum, won Best Rap Album at the

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and was selected as one of ''The Source'' magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums. They are also notable for their style: loud screaming, aggression, fighting with each other,

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, throwing water, rapping with grimy voices, and bald head fashion.

History

Onyx was formed in 1988 by schoolmates

, and

. They decided to name the band after the

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stone. The band began recording their first demos in the basement of B-Wiz with drum machine beats from an

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. In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a contract with the label

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. On April 25, 1990, the group released their first single, ''

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'', to low sales. On July 13, 1991, while in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival, the band members met music producer

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, who agreed to give them two months to submit a demo to his record company. When the deadline came, Seeza and Big DS couldn't make it to the studio to record the demo, so Jeffrey Harris, the manager of Onyx, asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, Kirk Jones, who at the time was doing a solo career under the name Trop. Fredro and Jones recorded two records for the demo, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise". The demo were accepted by Jam Master Jay, who signed the band to his record label,

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. Jones subsequently joined the band with the stage name Sticky Fingaz. In 1991 the band lost all of its records when its music producer, B-Wiz, was killed while selling cocaine in

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. Later that year, Onyx hired

Chyskillz Chylow Parker (July 19, 1969 – February 13, 2018), known by the stage name Chyskillz, was an American record producer, beatmaker, DJ, hardcore rapper, and a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. Chyskillz was discovered by the l ...

as its new music producer. In 1993, Onyx released their debut album, entitled ''

''. The album proved to be successful, receiving a

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from the

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and peaked at #10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the group's highest debut at that point. In 1998, the album was selected as one of

's ''100 Best Albums''. Three of the album's songs reached the ''Billboard'' charts; "

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", "

", and "

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". Their breakout single, "Slam", was aired on

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and

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, causing the song to reach #4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Slam" was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 10, 1993. In 1994, Big DS left the group to start a solo career, producing music under his own record label called Illyotic Music. In 1995 Onyx released its second album, ''

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'', and founded its own record label, Armee Records, distributed through

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. Through its record label, the band produced music by Gang Green, All City, Panama P.I., and Choclatt. In April 1995

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, a short-lived imprint of

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, released a comic book based on the band called "Onyx: Fight!". Written by Karl Bollers and drawn by Larry Lee, the comic depicted a

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New York City where Onyx forms an underground rebellion. In 1998 the band released their third album '' Shut 'Em Down'', which featured appearances from other bands, including X-1,

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, All City,

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, and

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. Produced by Keith Horne, Self, and others, the album peaked at #10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 500,000 units. Three of the album's songs reached the ''Billboard'' charts;

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, Shut 'Em Down, and

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. ''Shut 'Em Down'' was Onyx's last album on the

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label. In 2001, Onyx released their fourth album, '' Bacdafucup Part II'', through

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. Produced by Davinci, DR Period, and others, the album included twelve new tracks, including "Feel Me", which was recorded on the night of September 11, 2001, and was dedicated to the events that had happened that day. In 2003 Onyx released their fifth album, '' Triggernometry'', consisting of ten new tracks, with eleven stories from the lives the group's members in between the tracks. On May 22, 2003, former Onyx member Big DS died in a hospital in Queens, New York at the age of 31 after receiving chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer. Onyx released a sixteen-track collection of previously unreleased songs ''

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'' through ''Iceman Music Group'' on August 19, 2008. The collection features underground singles, lost studio recordings from the group's first three albums, and appearances from Method Man, deceased Onyx affiliate X1, and Gang Green. In 2009, Onyx was planning to release an album called '' Black Rock'', but postponed its release due to the release of another rap album called "

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". The same year, Sonny Seeza left the band to begin a solo career. On October 31, 2012, after having returned from an overseas tour, Onyx released the first track of their upcoming album ''CUZO'' on

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. Despite announcing that the ''CUZO'' album would be released on September 5, 2013, it was never released. In August 2012, Onyx released their second compilation album, titled '' Cold Case Files Vol. 2''. On March 18, 2014, Onyx released their first album in over a decade, called ''

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''. Released through ''Goon MuSick'', the album is entirely produced by

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. The album features guest appearances from

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, and

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. ''WakeDaFucUp'' was named by '' XXL'' as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014.The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2014 (So Far)
. XXLMag.com (June 30, 2014). Retrieved on 2014-06-30. In 2014, X-Ray Records (a division of

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) released a compilation of Onyx's unreleased songs called ''#TURNDAFUCUP''. The collection mainly contained songs from the unreleased album ''CUZO'', in addition to modern trap style

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es of several of their older songs. It featured guest appearances by

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, Myster DL,

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, and

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. In 2015, Onyx released ''

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'', a six track EP protesting racial injustice and police brutality in the United States. The EP was produced by Canadian producer Scopic and features appearances by Sick Flo,

, Jasia'n, and Canadian rapper

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. Later that year,

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released an eleven-track compilation of Onyx's classic songs called ''ICON''. On November 22, 2015,

attempted to raise funds on

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for a new project called ''Onyx vs. M.O.P.'', planned to be a new collaboration album that would have been released in spring of the next year. Because the project only received $10,000 out of its $30,000 goal, it was canceled on December 18, 2015. In 2017, Onyx collaborated with the

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hardcore hip hop group Dope D.O.D. to release the collaboration album ''

Shotgunz In Hell ''Shotgunz In Hell'' is a collaborative studio album by American hardcore hip hop music, hip hop group Onyx (group), Onyx and Dutch hardcore hip hop group Dope D.O.D., released on May 29, 2017, by Onyx & Dope D.O.D. Records. Physical copies o ...

''. The album features appearances by Sick Flo,

, Dopey Rotten, and DJ Nelson. In 2018, Onyx released '' Black Rock'', which was produced by Onyx and Slovenian producer Kid AC. On May 31, 2019, the album "100 Mad" was released, the title referring to Onyx's artist collective. Production on the album included

and

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, and guest vocalists included

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, Tha God Fahim, Jay Nice,

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and more. In July 2019, Onyx announced the release of a new compilation of unreleased songs called ''Lost Treasures''. The cover for this compilation was drawn by a designer from Russia. The compilation was released through X-Ray Records on February 7, 2020. On November 15, 2019, the group released the eighth studio album ''

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'', entirely produced by

. Among the guests on the album were rappers Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddy Foxxx, Flee Lord, Nems, SickFlo, Knuckles of NBS and Ufo Fev. The album was chosen as "The best rap album of 2019" by the Russian website Rap.Ru, as well as "one of the best rap albums of 2019" by the editors of the Russian website HipHop4Real. The album was featured on a Russian

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'' hosted by

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on Channel One, where Onyx performed their most famous hit "

", as well as on the Bulgarian show ''Шоуто на Николаос Цитиридис'' on bTV, where members of the group gave an interview and performed the song "Kill Da Mic". In 2020,

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released a video for the song "Whats Up", recorded with Onyx, later was released a single for this song. On April 9, 2021, the group released their ninth studio album, ''Onyx 4 Life''. The album features rappers Mad Lion, Cappadonna, Panama P.I., Planet Asia, SickFlo and Snak the Ripper. Music for the album was produced by Chilean beatmakers Crack Brodas (DJ Audas and El Bruto CHR). Onyx released a two visuals for "Coming Outside" and "Ahh Yeah". The cover for the new album was painted by the Russian tattoo artist Alexey Mashkow.

Members

Current members

(1988–present) *

(1991–present)

Former members

(1988–1994) *

(1988–2009)

Timeline

Video games

*'' Rap Jam: Volume One'' (1995) *'' Def Jam: Fight for NY'' (2004) *''

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(2005) *'' Def Jam: Icon'' (2007)

Discography

Studio albums *''

'' (1993) *''

'' (1995) *'' Shut 'Em Down'' (1998) *'' Bacdafucup Part II'' (2002) *'' Triggernometry'' (2003) *'' #WakeDaFucUp'' (2014) *'' Black Rock'' (2018) *''

'' (2019) *''Onyx 4 Life'' (2021) *''1993'' (2022) *''Onyx Versus Everybody'' (2022) *''World Take Over'' (2022) EP *''

'' (2015) Collaborative albums *''

'' (2017) (with Dope D.O.D.) Compilation albums *'' Cold Case Files: Vol. 1'' (2008) *''100 Mad Niggaz With Gunz'' (Hosted By DJ Omega Red) (2009) *''100 Mad. Part 2'' (Hosted by DJ Motion) (2010) *'' Cold Case Files: Vol. 2'' (2012) *''#Turndafucup'' (2014) *''ICON'' (2015) *''Onyx present 100 Mad'' (2019) *''Lost Treasures'' (2020) *''#Turndafucup (The Original Sessions)'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

In 1994, for the album ''

'', Onyx was nominated for "Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist" at the

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and won "Best Rap Album" at the

. Onyx was also nominated five times at

Hip Hop Music Awards ceremony in 1994. At the end of 1993, the US magazines ''

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'' and '' Cashbox'' placed Onyx on several of their final annual charts. In 1996,

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placed the album ''

'' in their list ''The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1995''. In 2014, '' #WakeDaFucUp'' was named as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014 by '' XXL''. In 2020, ''

'' was chosen as "The Best Rap Album of 2019: Readers' Choice" by the Russian website Rap.Ru.

References

External links

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