![]() KRS One resolved to continue flying the BDP flag with By All Means Necessary, which has proved even more influential than its predecessor. ![]() Subsequently, La Rock was shot dead, the victim of typically senseless New York violence. Unfortunately the pair never saw any money from it victims of an unscrupulous record company and a bad deal they were only able to escape from when they signed a deal with Jive Records. Criminal Minded is a hard, powerful album, both lyrically and in its sound, and has stood the test of time to become a hip hop classic. After gaining experience on numerous minor productions, they got a deal for their own album Criminal Minded with B-Boy Records in New York, going on to produce other acts for the label. The pair formed their own production company, Boogie Down Productions, paying S40 for the privilege. KRS One met his future production partner and DJ Scott La Rock (Scott Sterling) in a men's shelter where Scott was a social worker. And he should know: he's literally picked himself up off the street, having spent most of his teenage years living off his wits on the streets of New York. As a rapper he deals with topics ranging from the stark realities of life for poor blacks in America's cities, to the massive US drug and associated corruption problems, to black African history, to safe sex. Nowadays the 23-year-old rapper and producer is one of the most respected figures in hip hop, and one of the most articulate and radical. NEVER SHORT OF a constructive message, KRS One, aka Kris Parker, even turned his own name into one: Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone.
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