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Brother Marquis Dies: 2 Live Crew Rapper Was 58
Brother Marquis, the rapper and longtime member of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 58.
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. Born Mark Ross on April 4, 1966, in Rochester, N.Y., Marquis spent time in both Los Angeles and Miami before joining 2 Live Crew in 1986. 2 Live Crew disbanded in the mid-1990s, but regrouped for reunion tours in the 2000s, finally calling it quits after the death of Fresh Kid Ice in 2017.
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