In the rap vernacular, a crew is a group or mob that is "down" together, and sometimes up to no good. The recently established rap label, Cold Chillin' Records, has the Juice Crew All Stars,a self-sufficient in-house tribal production team headed by Len Fichtelberg and Tyrone Williams. Rounding out the Juice Crew All Stars is the writer or lyricist for the group, Antonio M. Hardy, better known as Big Daddy Kane.
A native of "Bedstuy" (Bedford Stuyvesant) in Brooklyn, Kane is to Cold Chillin' what Holland-Dozier-Holland was to Motown - a hitmaking mean machine on overdrive, turning out "fresh" material that captures today's sound of young America. In addition to writing all the material for Roxanne Shante's pre-Cold Chillin' releases, Kane has also scored big for the independent label with monster hits by Biz Markie, including "Nobody Beats The Biz" and the hip hop gross out "Pickin' Boogers." Big Daddy Kane says he became a rapper because a cousin who he looked up to was so heavily into rap music in the late '70s. He credits his development as a lyricist and performer to his association with Biz Markie. The two young men became fast friends, hanging out and performing together in high schools in Brooklyn and out in Long Island.
Kane has worked very closely with producer Marley Marl on session for Shante, Biz Markie and other artists signed to Cold Chillin' Records. His songwriting ability has awed Marley Marl and the Cold Chillin' front office personnel, but they are equally excited about his prospects as a recording artist in his own right.
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