Kid Frost, MC Magic, Claudia Liz – Lowrider Girl
Description
Frost
Arturo R. Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1962), better known as Frost (originally Kid Frost), is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Los Angeles. He charted in the 1990s with his first four albums: Hispanic Causing Panic, East Side Story, Smile Now, Die Later and When Hell.A. Freezes Over. His most successful single is “La Raza“ which hit number 6 on the rap songs chart in August 1990. His 1990 debut album is credited as the first Chicano rap album.
Frost’s music entered the Billboard 200 again in 2002 with the album Still Up in This Shit!. He is the father of record producer Scoop DeVille.
Early life
Molina was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in Guam and Germany. He is of Mexican descent. He began his music career in 1982 as Kid Frost as a tribute to his rival Ice-T, whom he often battled in the music industry. In an interview Frost stated that his first actual DJ was in fact Dr. Dre and DJ Yella. He soon became a breakdancer for Uncle Jamms Army.
Career
In the mid-1980s, Frost released several pre-gangsta 12″ singles on Los Angeles-based labels Electrobeat and Baja. In the late 1980s, Kid Frost moved to Virgin Records. His biggest hit, “La Raza“, from his debut album Hispanic Causing Panic (1990), combined East L.A. and Tex-Mex elements and became an “East L.A. anthem. Hispanic Causing Panic is credited as the first Chicano rap album, and brought attention to Chicano rappers on the West Coast.
Frost also established a Latin rap supergroup called Latin Alliance, which released their only album, Latin Alliance, in 1991. His second album, East Side Story was released in 1992, and had appearances by MC Eiht, A.L.T. and Ganxta Ridd from the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.[citation needed]
In 1995, Frost dropped the “Kid” from his nickname and signed with Ruthless Records, Eazy-E‘s label (distributed by Relativity). Smile Now, Die Later was released that year.[3] Above The Law were featured as guest rappers, alongside A.L.T., O.G.Enius and Kokane. Rick James also appeared on Frost’s version of “Mary Jane”. His second album for Ruthless, When Hell.A.Freezes Over, was released in 1997. Ice-T, Scoop, O.G.Enius and Domino also appeared as guest rappers. In 1998, Frost collaborated with South Park Mexican in “El Jugador” music video along with Low-G released by Dope House Records in the Power Moves: The Table album. Frost was also featured in the songs: Cali-Tex Connect, and West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast also from the Power Moves: The Table album
In 1999, Frost moved to a small independent label called Celeb Entertainment Inc. His first album for Celeb Entertainment titled This Was Then This Is Now Vol. I was released in 1999. Kurupt, King T, Baby Bash, Jay Tee, Jayo Felony, Xzibit, B-Legit and Cameo were featured on the CD. That Was Then This Is Now Vol. II was released in 2000. Frank V., Clika One, Jay Tee, Baby Bash and other guest rappers were also featured on the CD.
2002’s Still Up In This Shit!, released by Hit-A-Lick and Koch Records, featured more Latin rap style and g-funk tracks as well as a hidden bonus rock track titled “Cannabis”. Mellow Man Ace, Daz Dillinger, Baby Bash, A.L.T., Nino Brown, Don Cisco and other guest rappers appeared, and one track featured the group Tierra.
In 2004 Welcome to Frost Angeles was released on Thump Records, which was produced almost entirely by Frost and his son Scoop DeVille. Only the Intro is produced by Binky Womack, and Philly Blunt co-produced one track. Guest rappers included Cameosis, Genovese and Jay Tee. Frost again signed to Low Profile Records and released his album Till The Wheels Fall Off in 2006. It had various guest appearances which included Baby Bash, Scoop DeVille and Mr. Sancho.
Frost also performed music for films including “Bite the Bullet (Theme from Gunmen)” in the 1993 film Gunmen and “Tears Of A Mother” in the film No Mothers Crying, No Babies Dying, which featured Ice-T.
Frost is also an accomplished actor appearing in several films, as well as doing voice roles for fictional characters such as T-Bone Mendez from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and contributing his song “La Raza“.
He was named vice president of the Music Division of Goldmark Industries on August 30, 2006. Frost also appeared in a cameo role in Snoop Dogg‘s “Vato” music video, as well as B-Real that same year. In 2009 Frost collaborated with Serio on the song In L.A. from the album N.T.I.R. Part 2 The Revenge of Serio he was also featured on the Frost and Serio Skit on the album.
In 2016, Frost announced he has been diagnosed with cancer.
Discography
Studio albums
- Hispanic Causing Panic (1990)
- East Side Story (1992)
- Smile Now, Die Later (1995)
- When Hell.A. Freezes Over (1997)
- That Was Then, This Is Now, Vol. 1 (1999)
- That Was Then, This Is Now, Vol. 2 (2000)
- Still Up in This Shit! (2002)
- Welcome to Frost Angeles (2004)
- Till the Wheels Fall Off (2006)
- All Oldies (2011)
- All Oldies II (2012)
- Old School Funk (2013)
- The Good Man (2013)
Collaboration albums
- Latin Alliance with Latin Alliance (1991)
- Velvet City with Latino Velvet (2000)
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Kid Frost in 2008
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| Born | May 31, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Website | theraza |
MC Magic
Marco Cardenas (born June 29, 1977), better known by his stage name MC Magic, is a Mexican-born American rapper, singer and songwriter known for singing and rapping, both in English and Spanish. He is also the founder of NastyBoy Records which he launched in 1990, and the hip hop group NB Ridaz (initially known as Nastyboy Klick).
Background
Early life
MC Magic was born Marco Cardenas on June 29, 1977, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. At the age of five, his family immigrated to the United States and Cardenas grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. At the age of thirteen, his friend Rob taught him to play the drum machine and Cardenas began working as a DJ. He graduated from Agua Fria High School in 1995.
Magic City
Having been the drive behind Nastyboy’s undertakings, MC Magic was primed to release his second solo album in 2006. The May release, Magic City, peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and at number 60 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Magic City Part 2
Magic City‘s success opened up many new opportunities for him but mostly it established MC Magic as a solo act. MC Magic’s newfound success as a solo artist motivated him to continue his successful run, with his follow-up album Magic City Part II which was released in June 2008. Magic City Part II featured some of the hottest artists in the game with guest appearances from Baby Bash, Too Short, Chingo Bling, Big Gemini, and DJ Kane of the Kumbia Kings. Magic City Part II peaked at number 6 on the Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart and contained hit songs such as “Princesa”, “Girl I Love You” and “The Only 1”. As MC Magic’s career started to take off rapidly, he started to tour continuously all over the States; the shows ranged from small venues to huge arenas.
The Rewire
MC Magic decided to continue to expand his solo music catalog and started to record songs for his new album The Rewire. Eventually he released the album’s first single “Mrs. Delicious”. The record was uptempo, completely different from his usual R&B style but it seemed to work. Even though The Rewire was completed by late December, it was set to be released on Valentine’s Day of 2011. MC Magic promoted his upcoming album repeatedly in his hometown of Phoenix, with huge billboards and bus benches throughout the city. Later he expanded his promotion on to one of his largest markets, California, also placing bus benches throughout the city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. The release of MC Magic’s highly anticipated album The Rewire was pushed to an earlier date and was released on February 8, 2011. All the heavy promotion for the album proved successful, as his release party for the album in his hometown at a local mall brought in an enormous crowd, so much so that the autograph line led all the way out of the store into the mall. This album contained several hits for MC Magic such the single “Diggin”, which is an uptempo rap record, produced by The Orphanz featuring Twista and upcoming rapper Snow Tha Product. The single took off quickly; several radio stations started to pick it up and had it in heavy rotation. As MC Magic released “Diggin”, he also introduced his first all Spanish Rap Banda record called “Todos Mis Diaz” hoping to compete in the Spanish market.
Other work
Also in 2011 MC Magic collaborated with Serio on 2 songs for the Gansterism Part 3 album I’ll Never Forget which also features A Lighter Shade of Brown and Serio Come Back. He has also made personal appearances at Phoenix Valley elementary schools, such as Rose Linda Elementary School in the Roosevelt School District. MC Magic was the morning DJ on Power 98.3 Magic City Radio in Phoenix, Arizona and continues to inspire his fans. In Mexico, MC Magic has made appearances in Urban Fest 2 and collaborated with C-Kan to produce singles like “Quiero Que Sepas”, “Loco”, and “Mujer Bonita” (A Mexican remix of “Pretty Girl”). In 2019 MC Magic was trademarked.
Discography
Studio albums
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| 1995 | Don’t Worry
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| 2006 | Magic City
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155 | 60 | 1 |
| 2008 | Magic City Part 2
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| 2011 | The Rewire
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| 2014 | Million Dollar Mexican
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Other albums
- 1998: Desert Funk!
- 2008: Princess/Princesa
with Nastyboy Klick
- 1997: The First Chapter
- 1998: Tha Second Coming
with NB Ridaz
- 2001: Invasion (Nastyboy)
- 2001: Invasion (Upstairs)
- 2004: NB Ridaz.com
- 2008: Greatest Hits
Singles
- 1995: “Lost in Love”
- 1998″ “I Know You Want Me” (featuring CeCe Peniston)
- 2006: “All My Life” (featuring Nichole)
- 2006: “Sexy Lady” (featuring DJ Kane)
- 2006: “Lies” (featuring Krystal Melody)
- 2008: “Princess”
- 2008: “Princesa”
- 2008: “Dancer” (featuring Too $hort, C-Note and AZ Prince)
- 2008: “Dancer (Remix)” (featuring Too $hort, Kid Brown and AZ Prince)
- 2009: “Girl I Love You” (featuring Zig Zag)
- 2010: “Mrs. Delicious”
- 2011: “Reasons” (featuring Mrs. Krazie & D. Salas)
- 2011: “Diggin” (featuring Twista & Snow Tha Product)
- 2011: “Todo Mis Dias (Diaz)”
- 2013: “Eres Reina”
- 2014: “Venezuela” (featuring Dee Garcia & C-Kan)
- 2014: “Million Dollar Mexican” (featuring Big Gemini & GT Garza)
- 2014: “Missing You” (featuring Nichole)
- 2014: “No Me Importa Nada”
Note: Sophia Maria also sang “Te odio”
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MC Magic
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| Birth name | Marco Cardenas |
| Also known as | NB Ridaz, NastyBoy, Magic City, NBK |
| Born | 29 June 1977 Nogales, Sonora, Mexico |
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Nastyboy Records |
| Website | http://www.nastyboyrecords.com |
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