The Newport-based destroyer picket escort Kretchmer has arrived back at Newport after three months' patrol in North Atlantic waters marked by mercy jobs afloat and ashore.

* 1980: Newport-based Gran Fury introduced.

In the fall of 2009, the castle hosted Dracula, a site-specific dance choreographed by Miki Ohlsen and performed by the Newport-based Island Moving Company, with music by composer Felix Ventouras.

The station operated with 3, 000 watts of power, which put them at a competitive disadvantage against its Newport-based rival Z-103, but WXQR had a solid following of loyal listeners.

* Another Bad Creation, an American R & B and rap musical group

Opgezwolle, a group from Zwolle's latest album, Eigen Wereld ( Own World ) appeared in the ' Album Top 100 ' at number 4 ; the highest notation of a Dutch rap album ever.

The group pioneered the fusion of dancehall reggae and hip hop music and their debut LP Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx of the late 1980s thus setting the stage for what would eventually become gangsta rap.

He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.

* The Color Changin ' Click, a rap group which was started by rapper Chamillionaire

* Triple C's, popular nickname for the rap group Carol City Cartel

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

A man in the neighborhood, angered by the actions, organized a rap group to keep the neighborhood kids out of trouble.

Another early rap group with all Latino members was La Familia, formed in 1980.

In 1981 a group called The Mean Machine released a 12 " single on Sugar Hill Records called " Disco Dream " which was the first rap record to emphasize Spanglish.

and several other Latin rappers formed the rap super group Latin Alliance and released a self titled album which featured the hit " Lowrider ( On the Boulevard )".

Cypress Hill, of which Mellow Man Ace was a member before going solo, would become the first Latino rap group to reach platinum status in 1991.

Latin rap has also surfaced in the UK with a group called Cultura Londres who list Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill as one of their members, as well as in Australia with Maya Jupiter.

In 1992, the group was one of the first rap acts to perform at the Reading Festival, in England, headlining the second day of the three day festival.

* Purple City Productions, a Harlem-based rap group

* Quad City DJ's, Southern rap group

Hit singles such as " Jam-Master Jay " and " Hard Times " proved that the group were more than a one-hit wonder, and the landmark single " Rock Box " was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip-hop and hard rock that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the rap rock movement of the late 1990s.

The release of King of Rock in 1985 saw the group furthering their rap-rock fusion on songs like " Can You Rock It Like This " and the title track ; while " Roots, Rap, Reggae " was one of the first rap / dancehall hybrids.

The film featured a young Blair Underwood as Russell, along with appearances by old-school legend Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, teen pop act New Edition, LL Cool J, Prince protegee Sheila E., and hip hop's first successful white rap group the Beastie Boys, who were signed to Simmons ' Def Jam label.

The album saw the group discarding much of its rap rock leanings for a grittier, more sample-heavy sound.

Though the group continued to tour around the world, over a decade of living a rap superstar lifestyle was beginning to take a toll on McDaniels.

In the wake of the exploding popularity of rap rock artists like KoRn, Limp Bizkit, and Kid Rock, Simmons wanted to return to the aggressive, hard rock-tinged sound that made the group famous.

The group shunned both the over-the-top wardrobe of previous rap stars like the Furious Five and Afrika Bambaataa, and the silk-shirted, jheri curled, ladies ' man look of rappers like Kurtis Blow and Spoonie Gee.

Scorpio, a member of Grandmaster Flash's rap group, The Furious Five

* Spoof Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin Chain mentioned the killer in their song, " Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do ", a satire on the supposed links between gangsta rap and gun crime as reported in the press: ' Like Michael Ryan, about to snap, guns don't kill people, it's just rap '.

Goldie Lookin Chain is a comedic rap music group based in Newport, South Wales.

The Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin Chain have been described as both embodying and satirising the " chav " aesthetic, though the group themselves deny any such agenda, simply making a mockery of the subject.

Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin ' Chain also achieved chart success with their tongue-in-cheek take on hip-hop.

In 2011, he created a rap duo called Chain Swangaz with Jack Splash.

Between 1980-1985 a few Dutch Hip Hop records had already been released, but in 1986 Dutch rap duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven ( Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen ) had a major top 10 hit ( often # 1 ) across Europe with their " Holiday Rap ", which sampled Madonna's " Holiday ".

The single was released in 1986, and Marrow learned that " 6 in the Mornin '" was more popular in clubs than its A-side, leading Marrow to rap about Los Angeles gang life, which Marrow described more explicitly than any previous rapper.

His first rap album since 1999, Gangsta Rap, was released on October 31, 2006.

He also established a Latin rap supergroup called Latin Alliance, which released their only album, Latin Alliance, in 1991.

2002's Still Up In This Shit !, released by Hit-A-Lick / Koch Records, featured more Latin rap style and G-Funk tracks as well as a hidden bonus rock track titled " Cannabis ".

In March 1993, Continuum released his second album The Polyfuze Method, which featured a more rap rock-oriented sound with Kid Rock teaching himself how to play several different instruments including guitar, drums, keyboard and organ.

His son released his debut EP " Wanted Dead Or Alive " under the stage name " Bandit " adapting his father's pre fame rap flow.

They later released their third album titled Raising Hell which became the group's most successful album and one of the best-selling rap albums of all-time.

* Los Angeles rap group Thuggee Cult released a mix tape entitled Can the Subaltern Freak?

* " ATF ", a rap song by DMX released on the album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

They have two sons: Chester, or " Chet " ( who has a small part as a student in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and released a rap single in 2011 ), and Truman.

During the three year break, Sir Mix-a-Lot worked closely with another group, The Presidents of the United States of America under the group name " Subset " with a combination of rock and rap music, but nothing was ever officially released.

For example, when Cartel — the original Turkish-language rap project to get off the ground — released their debut album to address the first generation of Turkish immigrants in Berlin, it sparked an international controversy.

Interscope released notable gangsta rap titles — many in conjunction with Death Row Records.

* Popular rap trio The Fat Boys recorded a twelve-inch single titled " Chillin ' with the Refrigerator " released on Sutra Records.

The following year The Fridge was yet again remembered in a rap song, this time by the obscure Los Angeles-based hip-hop group Hard Machine who released the single " Refrigerator ".

In 2009, DCide / Templar Label Group released the debut EP's from Shabazz Palaces, the new project from Ishmael Butler, the creator, rapper and producer for the Grammy award winning rap group Digable Planets.

They were released through the rap label Tommy Boy, spawning the dance track hit " Supermodel ( You Better Work )".

Although she is not German, she raps in Standard German, too, and her album, although only available on the Internet ( www. zora-online. com ) in Germany, is claimed to be the best ever released female rap album in Germany.

* The Greek low-bap / rap band Active Member released a song entitled " Allios Skapste " criticizing Monsanto of its business practices.

Her first album, Lyte as a Rock, was released in September 1988 and was noted for the hit " Paper Thin " and the battle rap, " 10 % Dis ", which was a response from then-Hurby Azor associate Antoinette.

" Bring the Noise " is a collaboration with rap group Public Enemy, making this song one of the first rap metal collaborations ( albeit some years after the Aerosmith / Run DMC 1986 collaboration on " Walk This Way "), although Joey Belladonna and Dan Spitz had collaborated with Untouchable Force Organization on a song called " Lethal " in 1987 that was released as a single.