He rapped the first verse on the 1984 song “Roxanne, Roxanne,” one of hip-hop’s earliest viral hits.
for their 1985 self-titled album, which marked their full-length debut. At times, they were booked for concerts and music festivals alongside Shanté, leading to “a lot of glares and snarls” offstage between the two artists, according to Kangol.. “A lot of break-dance is battle, rap is battle, DJs battle, but we were the first to battle on wax.” He added that “Roxanne, Roxanne” even prompted an unreleased answer song from gangsta rap group N.W.A., called “Rock Man, Rock Man.
From a young age, he was usually seen wearing an oversize, newsboy-style Kangol hat, leading to his nickname. He told the New York radio stationthat the hat company sent a cease-and-desist letter to his record label, Select, after he started touring with UTFO; the company soon changed its mind, apparently deciding his name was good for business, and provided him with free hats, sunglasses and other apparel.
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