Kid Frost

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Kid Frost

Kid Frost or Frost are stage names of the American rapper Arturo Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1964 ). He is considered one of the most famous Chicano rappers next to Cypress Hill .

life and career

Arturo Molina is an American of Mexican descent who spent parts of his childhood on military bases in Germany and Guam and who eventually grew up in East Los Angeles . He called himself Kid Frost to honor his idol Ice-T . Molina began his hip-hop career as a breakdancer in the group Uncle Jamms Army. In 1984 and 1985 he released his first three maxis on Electrobeat Records and Baja Records. Hispanic Causing Panic debut album followed in 1990 and included his biggest hit, DJ Tony G produced La Raza (The Race). The Spanish-English text set the standard for Latino rap.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hispanic Causing Panic
  US 67 08/25/1990 (14 weeks)
East Side Story
  US 73 05/16/1992 (10 weeks)
Smile Now, Die Later
  US 119 11/11/1995 (3 weeks)
When Hell.A. Freezes over
  US 154 07/19/1997 (3 weeks)
Still Up in This Shit!
  US 183 05/18/2002 (2 weeks)
Singles
La Raza
  UK 78 08/18/1990 (3 weeks)
  US 42 07/07/1990 (18 weeks)
No sunshine
  US 95 04/18/1992 (3 weeks)
East Side Rendezvous
  US 73 10/28/1995 (14 weeks)
La Familia
  US 77 03/02/1996 (9 weeks)

Albums

  • 1984: Commando Rock
  • 1984: Rough Cut
  • 1985: Terminator
  • 1990: Hispanic Causing Panic
  • 1992: East Side Story
  • 1995: Smile Now, Die Later
  • 1997: When Hell.A. Freezes over
  • 1999: That Was Then, This Is Now Vol.I
  • 2000: That Was Then, This Is Now Vol. II
  • 2002: Still up in This Shit!
  • 2005: Welcome to Frost Angeles
  • 2006: Till the Wheels Fall Off
  • 2007: Blunts n Ballerz
  • 2011: All Oldies
  • 2012: All Oldies II
  • 2012: Bad Ass (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • 2013: Old School Funk (as OG Kid Frost)
  • 2013: The Good Man (as OG Kid Frost)

Singles

  • 1984: Rough Cut
  • 1984: Commando Rock
  • 1985: Terminator
  • 1990: La Raza
  • 1992: No Sunshine
  • 1992: Thin Line
  • 1995: East Side Rendezvous
  • 1996: La Raza II
  • 1996: La Familia
  • 1997: What's Your Name (Time of the Season)
  • 2009: Big LA (feat.Frost) - La Raza part 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frost Biography on allmusic.com, accessed August 1, 2015
  2. ↑ Discography: Kid Frost's Singles on discogs.com, accessed August 1, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US1 US2
personal data
SURNAME Kid Frost
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Molina, Arturo Jr. (real name); Frost (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1964