Kool DJ Red Alert is a disc Jockey on Power 105.1 FM and has been recognized as a hip-hop pioneer. Red Alert has been noted for breaking in such acts and artists as: A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah and Black Sheep.
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Grammy Award-winning American Hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1989 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee.
Their first hit as Naughty by Nature was a track called "O.P.P", which sampled the Jackson 5's hit "ABC" and was released in 1991 on their self-titled album Naughty by Nature. The song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the most successful rap songs in history to that point in terms of crossover success on the pop charts.
The album also generated another hit called "Ghetto Bastard" (the track is often referred to as "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"). That song detailed the experiences of Treach growing up in poverty, and now rising up to live a better life. " The matter was settled out of court. Later they had multiple hits from their third and fourth albums, called 19 Naughty III and Poverty's Paradise respectively. Poverty's Paradise won the Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Rap Album.
"Hip Hop Hooray" was a success from the album 19 Naughty III. Its video was directed by Spike Lee and featured other hip-hop artists popular in the early 1990s, including Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Run-D.M.C., and Kris Kross.
The group also scored a major hit with the track "Uptown Anthem", from the soundtrack to the 1992 film Juice.
