Brother Marquis Dies: 2 Live Crew Rapper Was 58
deadline.comBrother Marquis, the rapper and longtime member of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 58. His death was announced on 2 Live Crew’s Instagram account on Monday night.
The post did not indication a cause of death or or where the rapper died. Founded in 1984 in Riverside, California 2 Live Crew found its most famous line-up after moving to Miami, where in 1986 Brother Marquis (aka Mark Ross) joined Christopher Wong Won (Fresh Kid Ice), Luther Campbell (Luke Skyywalker); and David Hobbs (Mr.
Mixx). That line-up would see the group’s greatest fame and impact in the late 1980s and early-mid 1990s, perhaps reaching a peak with the 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be, which drew praise from fans and critics but condemnation from commentators and law enforcement for its sexually explicit language.
In 1990, a Florida undercover police officer attended a club performance, prompting misdemeanor obscenity charges to be filed against the group.
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