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hip-hop Trio Naughty by Nature consisting of Anthony Chris better known as stretch Vincent
Brown better known as vinrock and Pierre Lamont gist better known as DJ kg came together in their
teens in East Orange New Jersey the first time they performed as a group was at East Orange High
School during kg's senior talent show in 1987. growing up kg looked up to his older brother who
was heavily into hip-hop music and fashion but it wasn't until after he saw the 1983 hip-hop film
wild style that he became inspired to become a DJ as a DJ kg knew he needed backup so he asked his
childhood friend Vinnie to beatbox for him but they still needed an MC then knew the perfect
person for the job a guy in his health class that went by the nickname tiny T treachery who
would later become known simply as trash the group went on to perform regularly at local
talent shows winning every time and building a local following under the name the new style
eventually they got into the studio video to begin recording they officially appeared on
the music scene in late 1989 when they dropped their debut album titled independent leaders
after its release the group organized their own talent show to show off their performance skills
to some other local artists that were part of a New York New Jersey hip-hop Collective called the
Flavor Unit one member of the crew in particular was very impressed by what she heard she went by
the name Queen Latifah she took them under her Wing as a mentor and they subsequently changed
their name to Naughty by Nature the name of one of the tracks of their original demo noddy's first
hit would be the track OPP the first single author's sophomore self-titled album released
in 1991 it sampled the Jackson 5's hit ABC and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
yeah you know me the album generated another hit with a reworking of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry
called everything's gonna be all right the track was also called ghetto bastard on some explicit
releases powered by the success of both singles the album went platinum with success though
sometimes drama can follow and it did when fellow New Jersey native djmc and producer Tony D accused
Naughty by Nature of stealing a sample from his album music makes you move and using it on OPP
the sample in question clearly comes from the track Adam's nightmare as anyone who listens to
it will hear the matter was eventually settled out of core Naughty by Nature's third single off their
second album called Uptown Anthem also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 crime Thriller film
Jews in which truch had a cameo appearance he even began to pursue an acting career after cultivating
a close friendship with Tupac Shakur on the set after Tupac's death in 1996 tretch recorded a
tribute song titled more new till I join you hit albums and hit singles would keep on coming
for the group over the next several years 1993's Platinum selling 1993 included the smash Hip Hop
Hooray that made it into the top 10 on the Hot 100 and captured the number one spot on the r
b hip-hop chart a couple of years later poverty's Paradise dropped the gold album gave the group the
top 20 hit feel me flow and their first and today only Grammy award for best rap album around this
time Naughty by Nature also started their own music imprint illtown records after a four-year
break the group came back with their fifth studio album titled 1999 Nature's Fury another certified
gold project it spawned the top 10 hit Jamboree 1999 would turn out to be an extra special year
for trash who tied the knot with girlfriend Sandra Denton better known as Peppa of hip-hop
Group Salt and Pepper they also already shared a child born the year prior the mayor marriage
wouldn't last long though ending after just two years many years later Peppa would allege abuse
that the hands up trash in her 2008 Memoir let's talk about Peppa it's a mystery as to why but nine
years after that Treach finally responded to the allegations on his Instagram where he laid
into Peppa under a throwback Thursday photo of the two of them calling her a liar another word
for prostitute beginning with the letter W made fun of her face skin and backside accused her of
turning his kids against him and remarked on her sexual rendezvous with younger men in the industry
then sadly cracks would begin to form within the group and have its members
at odds with one another a dispute regarding finances developed between kg and trash tretch
blamed kg for squandering the group's money as a result kg decided to leave Naughty by
Nature in late 2000 and shift his Focus to the production side of Music the company the group
had established years prior illtown eventually evolved and developed into Divine Mill and kg
took on the task of producing and developing new artists under the new moniker little may
people know he ended up being the one to discover and sign numerous 90s and 2000s r b acts such as
Johnny next Jaheim the rain and coffee brown even though he's mostly known for his contributions to
the hip-hop world he developed quite an ear for r b Soul music since he grew up listening to what
his father would play namely The Jackson 5 Sam Cooke Marvin Gaye Teddy Pendergrass and Luther
Vandross Treach and Ben Rock forged ahead as a Duo and released an album in 2002 titled icons
due to kg's absence the group used a variety of different producers the album however didn't
do anywhere near as well as their earlier were later that same year Naughty by Nature disbanded
after some time apart and kg and Treach had worked through their issues all three members of Naughty
by Nature found their way back together again at the end of 2011 Naughty by Nature finally
released their long-awaited 7th album titled and the bank it featured brand new material as well
as re-recordings of the group's past hits then in 2013 frontman tretch publicly fired vinrock
from the group on Twitter No laughs Treach took things a step further with a follow-up
tweet just minutes later stating that he also didn't even want to associate with anyone who
was down with them and if that wasn't enough he also dropped a diss track called tall [ __ ]
hours later vinrock responded using the group's official Twitter account to let everyone know that
you can't fire the owner Treach and kg then went on power 105.1's The Breakfast Club later that
week and held nothing back according to tretch the separation was a long time coming no one is
bigger than the team you ought to think about your squad or the whole thing don't work everybody has
a position to play knows it respects it when you get out of that and you bigger than the group it's
unacceptable Treach went into further detail claiming that he was the one to put VIN on in
a sense by gifting him verses on naughty songs the driving forces of the group were always him
as the writer and kg as the producer but since then was their boy they brought him along for the
ride everything apparently came to a head when Vin allegedly put his hands on Treach during a
business meeting after that they didn't speak to each other for two years while still continuing
to fulfill their work obligations by 2016 when the group was celebrating their 25th anniversary
all parties had resolved their issues and were able to come together for a nationwide tour when
the tour ended they were also hoping to have accomplished their goal of raising one hundred
thousand dollars through a Kickstarter campaign to fund the 25th anniversary EP sadly they came up 65
000 assured on May 2nd 2019 the mixtape tour commenced in Cincinnati Ohio with Naughty by
Nature joining salt and pepper Debbie Gibson and Tiffany with the headliner New Kids on the Block
to bring all the Nostalgia from back in the day that the fans love also that year the trio
did a sit-down interview with sway's universe and touched on the business side of their rise to fame
unlike some other artists the guys had nothing but good things to say about their experience with
Tommy Boy specifically the label that distributed Naughty by Nature 1993 and poverty's Paradise they
definitely had the Flavor Unit to thank for that since they were the ones that that taught the
group how to Brand themselves today all three original members of Naughty by Nature appear to
only come together when duty calls several years ago kg and Vin Rock branched off together along
with DJ's slug of the bear to form another group slash production crew called illtown Sluggers they
perform at various events produce records and also help develop new artists kg and next lead
singer RL are also currently working on a naughty by next project in 2019 a mysterious Naughty by
Nature album dropped also called illtown Sluggers it had the group's logo on the front but Treach
was noticeably absent from the cover art then came out to clear up the confusion by confirming
that the project was in fact never supposed to be released Under The Naughty by Nature moniker their
digital team rounded up a bunch of unreleased and or abstract music from the trio threw them
into one playlist and released it online giving it the appearance it was a proper studio album he
also also mentioned that a real Naughty by Nature album would drop the following year
however as of the making of this video that hasn't happened yet in 2021 then along with his business
partner started a financial company named money Avenue a completely black owned digital Financial
Services platform that provides services such as Residential Mortgage Investment personal finance
and life insurance Nationwide tretch performs on his own quite regularly as Treach of Naughty
by Nature doing various throwback shows and tours such as the I love the 90s tour that's been going
strong for over five years in May 2022 he along with CeeLo Green kitten play JJ fad and Thea
Austin of snap secured a 10-day Vegas residency he's also continued his acting career and can be
seen in several Productions in 2022 including the Lifetime movie banished searching for my
sister and the 2B original lord of the streets he also took another trip down the aisle in 2019
when he married his longtime girlfriend and mother of two of his children Cecily Evans
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