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DJ Richie Rich

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Also known as
  
Daddy Rich

Name
  
DJ Rich

Origin
  
Brooklyn, New York

Role
  
Record producer


Genres
  
Hip hop music

Years active
  
1985–1994, 1999

Labels
  
Def Jam Records Columbia Records

Albums
  
Dust to Dust, The Cactus Album, Derelicts of Dialect, The Cactus Revisited, Clarksdale

Occupation(s)
  
DJ, Record producer

Music group
  
3rd Bass (Since 1987)

Damaged (DJ Richie Rich X-Mix Remix)


DJ Richie Rich (born Richard Lawson in Jamaica), is a former record producer and turntablist who was best known as a member of the New York-based rap trio 3rd Bass. He was also known as Daddy Rich. He was part of The "Supermen" DJ crew which also included other top DJs such as Scratch, Clark Kent, Miz, Supreme, and Alladin. Rich also appeared in the movie "Juice" in the DJ battle scene, and recorded the scratches for the soundtrack. While working with Third Bass, he was one of the first DJs ever to do a DJ trick routine on TV when they appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show.

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Lawson did it with MC Serch and Pete Nice in 1987 to form the rap group 3 the Hard Way, which later became 3rd Bass. After releasing two albums in 1989 and 1991, the group split in 1992. Rich and Pete Nice collaborated on their only release together, the 1993 album Dust to Dust, which peaked at #171 on the Billboard 200, #50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #3 on the Top Heatseekers.

Rich produced the track "I'm Kurious" for Kurious Jorge's 1994 debut, A Constipated Monkey, before leaving the music business. He resurfaced briefly in 1999 on The Madd Rapper's album Tell 'Em Why U Madd, providing scratches for the single "Dot Vs. TMR."

Rich also attended Farmingdale State College in New York State.

3rd Bass

  • The Cactus Album, 1989
  • Cactus Revisited, 1990
  • Derelicts of Dialect, 1991
  • With Pete Nice

  • Dust to Dust, 1993
  • Production

  • "I'm Kurious" from the Kurious album A Constipated Monkey, 1994
  • "Dot Vs. TMR" from The Madd Rapper album Tell 'Em Why U Madd, 1999
  • References

    DJ Richie Rich Wikipedia