

“We just put together a routine we didn’t have a name or nothin’.” He explains that this very routine led them to their first name. We weren’t even a group, I just scratched,” Kay Gee details of the set that could have just been a one-off.

The front-man of the group would later intersect with beat-boxer Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee for a school talent show.Īt 10:00, they recall how a simple talent showcase would change the course of their lives forever. “Me and Redman, when we was little homies, we hated each other ’cause I was from East Orange and he was from a block in Newark. reveals that they grew up within a three-mile radius.

Naughty By Nature Reveal The Origin of “O.P.P.” It Really Was Other People’s Property. From ties to Sugar Hill Records to their demo song turned smash hit “O.P.P.,” to altering their image, there are jewels in the first 22 minutes of this two-hour-plus discussion. and DJ EFN some rarely-discussed facts about their beginnings. In 1989, as The New Style, Treach, Vin Rock, and Kay Gee released their full-length debut, Independent Leaders on Bon Ami/MCA Records.Īppearing on the latest episode of Drink Champs, all three members told N.O.R.E. In truth, the group has been together, and recording professionally much longer than 25 years. The New Jersey trio released new music, including a reunion with Queen Latifah, and toured multiple times. Naughty By Nature celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2016.
