In 1984, at the height of Michael Jackson mania, the eldest of the Jackson children, Rebbie, released her debut single "Centipede."
MoKenStef, aka Monifa, Kenya, and Stephanie, hit big in 1995 with their incredibly catchy single "He's Mine."
Chicago’s Crucial Conflict scored with their one and only hit single, “Hay” in the summer of 1996.
Duice’s ode to short shorts had girls from coast to coast rocking their Dazzey Duks in 1993.
Nonchalant was a Washington, DC based rapper who released one album, 1996’s Until The Day, that spawned a top 40 single in “5 O’Clock.”
Pressha got his start as a part of the group Southsyde B.O.I.Z., which had a minor hit with “Get Ready Here It Comes (Choo Choo)” before he had his only hit single as a solo artist in 1998.
Listening to Glenn Lewis' breakout single, "Don't You Forget It," it was easy to think that Stevie Wonder had finally tapped back into the sound that made his 1970s albums so great.
Goodfellaz had a minor hit in 1996 with "Sugar Honey Iced Tea." Produced by The Family Stand, the song reached number 25 on Billboard's R&B chart.
Laquan was a sixteen-year old emcee from California who enjoyed a mild hit with his single “Now’s The B-Turn” in 1990.
J.T. Money got his start in the Miami based hip-hop group Poison Clan which was discovered by Uncle Luke in the early 90s.
In 1993, five Compton, CA residents collectively known as D.R.S. had a hit single with “Gangsta Lean,” an ode to their dead homiez.
Sylk-E-Fyne’s debut single “Romeo & Juliet” was one of those cuts that came out back in the ’90s that you heard on the radio all the time.