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Arts > Music > Hip-hop > USA > Craig Mack 1970-2018
Craig Mack backstage at a concert in Philadelphia in 1995, part of a Bad Boy Records tour.
Photograph: Rtbunn/MediaPunch, IPX, via Associated Press
Craig Mack, ‘Flava in Ya Ear’ Rapper, Is Dead at 47 The New York Times MARCH 13, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/
Craig Mack 1970-2018
rapper whose “Flava in Ya Ear,” one of the most important rap songs of the 1990s, helped build the foundation for Bad Boy Records, one of hip-hop’s most influential labels
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Mr. Mack, who rapped under his given name, was born in the Bronx on May 10, 1970, and raised on Long Island.
He began rapping as a teenager under the name MC EZ and released one single in 1988, “Just Rhymin’ ” backed with “Get Retarded,” as part of MC EZ & Troup.
At the time, Long Island was a burgeoning hip-hop talent center, home to Rakim, De La Soul and the duo EPMD.
Mr. Mack was friends with EPMD and eventually went on tour with them, doing odd jobs.
He helped their D.J., DJ Scratch, assemble and disassemble his turntables at shows.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/13/
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