T La Rock
T La Rock (* 1962 ; bourgeois Terry Keaton ) is an American old-school - Rapper .
Career
He started rapping in the late 1970s. He became known through the single It's Yours , which was released in 1984 on Def Jam . This release was original as it is considered the first bass music production. It is, so to speak, the beginning of Miami bass music, as it is ideally embodied by artists such as the Tag Team or the 2 Live Crew .
Together with his younger brother Special K and DJ Louie Lou, he brought out the EP He's Incredible in 1985 . Then there was joint works with Mantronik, DJ and producer of the hip-hop group Mantronix . Probably his most famous piece is Breaking Bells . On this track he answers the song by LL Cool J Rock the Bells . In 1987 the album Lyrical King: From the Boogie Down Bronx was released , which was highly regarded in the underground hip-hop scene and reached number 64 on the R&B / hip-hop charts. His rap style was characterized by his clear pronunciation, his rhyme flow and his lyrics.
It was commercially unsuccessful. His last album On a Warpath was released in 1989 on Sleeping Bag Records , but only in the UK . After that it became quiet around him.
crime
In the early 1990s he was the victim of an act of violence. His younger brother Special K found him lying in a pool of blood near his apartment. It wasn't until later that the approximate course of events was found out, because T-La-Rock couldn't remember anything, not his friends and also no longer the fact that he was a rapper. T-La-Rock wanted to settle a dispute, but then became a victim himself. He was hit several times on the head with an object until it swelled up and he could no longer move. Doctors estimated his chance of survival to be between twenty and thirty percent. His motor and mental abilities were so impaired by 1996 that he was not left unattended on the street. He came to a nursing home and was in a wheelchair for some time.
T-La-Rock has recovered and worked as a film producer until at least 2006. He planned to make a film about his life in 2006.
Discography
- 1987: Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
- 1989: On a Warpath
Web links
- Record review for Lyrical King
- New York Times newspaper article about T-La-Rock from 1996 about his accident
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | T La Rock |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keaton, Terry (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American old school rapper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |