Get Up Kids
USA
Formed: 1995
Styles: Gangsta Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hardcore Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Southern Rap
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Though the controversial subject matter of gangsta rap wasn't much of a barrier to popular success during the '90s, the Geto Boys' recordings proved almost too extreme for widespread exposure. Blocked from distributing their 1990 major-label debut by Geffen -- who insisted that a track dealing with necrophilia as well as murder was a step too far -- the group was saved by producer Rick Rubin, who arranged another distributor for the album, released on his own Def American label. The controversy, which occurred two years earlier than similar cen...
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