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''. Terror Squad released its debut album, '' Terror Squad: The Album'', in 1999, with its first major hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", credited mostly to Big Pun, who died of a heart attack in 2000. After Big Pun's death, his longtime partners Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group and were subsequently replaced by

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rtin (later known as Remy Ma) and Tony Sunshine. In 2004, their song " Lean Back" peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

History

In 1998, the members of Terror Squad debuted as a group on Fat Joe's album ''

''. Terror Squad, in its debut album '' Terror Squad: The Album'', consisted of rappers Fat Joe, Big Pun, Cuban Link, Prospect, Armageddon, and Triple Seis. As the group was on hiatus following Pun's death, most of its former members fell into obscurity, with

having the most successful solo career among all the former members. The group reunited and released their second album, '' True Story'', in 2004. It included the summer club hit " Lean Back", produced by Scott Storch, which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and 24 in the UK. A

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to "Lean Back" featured Lil Jon, Mase and

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was released on Fat Joe's 2005 album ''

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''. Although the album failed to spawn other hit singles, Fat Joe and Remy, who contributed the vocals to "Lean Back", went on to release high-selling solo albums in 2006. Fat Joe commented in a 2006 interview that Armageddon and Prospect had become lazy. Terror Squad signed to Koch Records that next year. Apart from the three new members, DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre are retained as regular crew along with Tony Sunshine. Tony Sunshine has since left Terror Squad to pursue a solo career. Furthermore, Terror Squad has since recruited affiliates from Texas, Florida, California, the Middle East, and Africa.

Line-up

(Joseph Cartagena) * Big Pun (Christopher Rios) * Tony Sunshine (Antonio Cruz) * Cuban Link (Felix Delgado) * Armageddon (John Eaddy) * Prospect (Richard Perez) * Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia) *

(Reminisce Mackie) * DJ Khaled (Khaled Mohamed Khaled) * Cool & Dre (Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Lyon)

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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