The Kaze is an American hip hop group from

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. It started its activities in the year 1990 to 2000 with MC Mack, Lil Corb and

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, the group underwent several changes when Lil Corb's death was announced in 2013.

History

The group began their activities in the early 1990s in Memphis, consisting of

, Lil Corb and Scan Man. In 1995, the group (then known as "Killa Klan Kaze") was featured on a tape entitled, "Volume 3 Spring Mix 95", which contained the first track of Killa Klan Kaze, "Runnin 'Lip". The formation in the epoch consisted of MC Mack, Scan Man and K-Rock. They also had a track on

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's 1995 EP,

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, titled "Be a Witness".

ultimately replaced K-Rock and in 1998 the group released their first album entitled "KamiKaze Timez Up" and sold about 50,000 independent copies. The album was released with the production of Three 6 Mafia's

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and

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. The album would be the only project released by the group together. 1999, the group's label,

Prophet Entertainment Prophet is an independent record label based in Memphis, Tennessee, formerly owned by DJ Paul and Juicy J. As a group act, Prophet Entertainment goes by the stage name Prophet Posse. From 1991 to 1994 it launched new independent musical artists ...

shut down after label co-founders

and

split from fellow label co-founder Nick Scarfo. The result was DJ Paul and Juicy J's creation of a new label,

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. During this transition, artists from Prophet Entertainment moved over to Hypnotize Minds, with the notable exceptions of MC Mack and Scan Man. In, 1999 Scan Man and M.C. Mack founded their own "KamiKaze Inc." independent label and released "Thugz From Southside: 2000 Mazdestruction". In 2012, the group was nominated for music awards at the

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and won the "Best Group" Award. In 2020 one of the members (MC Mack) filed a lawsuit against the group Three 6 Mafia now for copyright alleging that since the 90s

have been using their music without any permission what disagreements between them and the lawsuit continues in court the Da Mafia tried to mitigate hired lawyer to resolve the parties. The case is still in court in Shelby County of Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Kamakazie Timez Up'' (1998) * ''Kami Kaze'' (2001) * ''Only the Strong Survive'' (2005) * ''Kamakazie Times Up Part 2’’(2022)

Awards and nominations

References

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