From
1990 Album: "
Hispanic Causing Panic"
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Arturo Molina Jr. was born and raised in
East Los Angeles, California and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in
Guam and
Germany. He began his rap music career in
1982 as
Kid Frost as a tribute to his rival, Ice-T, whom he often battled in the music industry. He soon became a breakdancer for
Uncle Jamms Army.
In the late 1988s, Kid Frost moved to
Virgin Records.
Virgin released his first and biggest hit, "
La Raza". His debut
album, Hispanic Causing Panic was released in 1990 featuring
A.L.T.. He 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, which featured
MC Eiht, A.L.T. and Ganxta Ridd from the
Boo-Yaa TRIBE.
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.
Above The Law were featured as guest rappers, alongside A.L.
T., O. Genius 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. Genius and
Domino also appeared as guest rappers.
In
1999, Frost moved to a small independent label called Celeb-entertainment records. 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
Cameosis 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 /
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. Somethin' 4 The Ridaz was released in
2003 on
40 Ounce Records and featured various hip hop artist from
Texas.
In
2005 Welcome To Frost
Angeles was released on
Thump Records, which was produced almost entirely by Frost and his son, Scoop De'Ville. 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 De'Ville 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.
Extended & updated info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Frost
- published: 24 May 2009
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