Bacdafucup: The Story of Onyx
(2025)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : BookBaby, 2025
Made available through hoopla
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9798317800840 MWT18139059, 18139059
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The rap group Onyx started in the early 90s. Fredro Starr, Big DS, Suave and B Wiz. B Wiz gets murdered over a drug deal gone wrong, Onyx meets Jam Master Jay and Sticky Fingaz joins the group. Onyx signs to Jam Master Jay/ Def Jam Records and introduces Slam Dancing to Hip Hop with their hit single "Slam". Onyx sells millions of records, national tour with Snoop and merchandizing deals. Now with money and fame, Fredro Starr's relationship with long time girlfriend comes to an end, Sticky Fingaz starts a relationship with a Def Jam executive, Suave's brother gets 75 years in prison and Big DS leaves the group. Onyx gets into beef with rival Rap Crew. With the odds against them Onyx wins a Soul Train Award for Best Rap Album in 1994 "BACDAFUCUP"

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