In 1987, childhood friends Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley, and Brandon "B-Doggs" Mitchell formed Wrecks-n-Effect.[2] Keith "K.C." Hanns joined while their demo was being made as a trial run for a fourth member. Later that year, with Atlantic Records, the group debuted their self-titled EP. Following little recognition for their debut EP, Davidson, Riley, and Mitchell reconvened their initial vision as a trio.[3]
On August 8, 1990, Mitchell was fatally shot in Manhattan, New York City, because of an argument over a woman.[1][2][6] Following his death, the group changed their name to Wreckx-n-Effect.[5]
In 1991, Teddy Riley, brother of Markell Riley, created Future Recording Studios, a multimillion dollar recording studio in Virginia Beach, VA. Among the first records produced at Future Recording Studios was Wreckx-n-Effect's 1992 "Rump Shaker," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts, as well as charted internationally.[1][5][7] The song's lyrical content sparked controversy, with major publications like the New York Daily News calling the group "horny little rap kids."[8] MTV also refused to play the accompanying music video unless they submitted a "clean" version because it featured women in bikinis shaking their bottoms.[2][8]Hard or Smooth came out later that year, reaching the top ten and becoming platinum-certified.[1]
The group resurfaced in 1996 with their third and final album, Rap's New Generation, which did not achieve the same success as its predecessor.[1] According to Davidson, the album "was really a Posse Deep album. Posse Deep is the street crew we grew up in back in our projects. That album was shaped around that energy and those who were aspiring artists in that number." Not long after its release, the group disbanded due to internal fragmentation.[8]
Conrad Tillard, also known as the Hip Hop Minister and Conrad Muhammad, arranged a truce between feuding rising bands Wreckx-n-Effect and A Tribe Called Quest that Tillard said threatened to turn Harlem into a "war zone."[9][10][11][12][13]
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