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, formed in 2007. The trio, composed of Midwest rappers Krazee, Meatball and Raydio G, is signed to fellow American rapper

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's Swagg Team, distributed by Jive/

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. In late 2007 they released their debut single titled "

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", which features Yung Joc and peaked at #47 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Each member of Hotstylz works as solo artist, but they come together to form the group Hotstylz. The current rappers of the group are Raydio G (Raymond Jones), Krazee (Kryss Johnson), and Meatball (Garren Hodge). In Fall 2011, they released a mixtape entitled "Where Yall Been At". Despite being active since mid 2007, the group has yet to release a full album and had only released two mixtapes.

Controversy

In 2013, Detroit-based rapper Eminem

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"Lookin' Boy", for his 2013 hit single, "

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".The group claims Eminem did not receive permission to use the sample, nor did he credit or compensate them. In November 2013, Hotstylz released a

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towards Eminem titled "Rap Fraud", where they sample several of his songs and criticize him for not crediting them. In January 2015,

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reported Hotstylz were suing Eminem and

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for the amount of $8 million for using the 6-second sample of "Lookin' Boy" on his song "Rap God" without their permission.

Discography

Mixtapes

* ''A.D.D.'' (2009) * ''Where Y'all Been At'' (2011) * ''We Back'' (2016)

Singles

References

External links

Hotstylz's Myspace
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