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Infobox musical artist|name = T La Rock|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Clarence Ronnie Keaton|alias = The Lyrical King|birth_date = birth date and age|1961|9|16|death_date =|origin = The Bronx|Bronx, New York , United States|U.S. |instrument = Microphone |genre = Old school hip hop |occupation = Rapper , recording artist |years_active = 1984 in music|1984 – 1989 in music|1989 ; 2008–present|label = Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam / Streetwise Records|Partytime/Streetwise Records Fresh Records (US)|Fresh / Sleeping Bag Records Virgin Records|Virgin / EMI|EMI Records ( Europe )|associated_acts = Kurtis Mantronik Nice & Smooth Just-Ice LL Cool J|L.L. Cool J T.O.N.E-z Quincy Jones III|QDIII Todd Terry |website =|current_members =|past_members =|notable_instruments = Clarence "Terry" Ronnie Keaton (born September 16, 1961), known by the stage name T La Rock , is an United States|American old school hip hop|old-school emcee best known for his collaboration with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin and the 1984 in music|1984 Single (music)|single "It's Yours." He disappeared from the hip hop scene after a traumatic brain injury in 1994, but as of 2008, he was back on stage.
Biography
Early years
T La Rock was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City .cite web | url = http://www.jayquan.com/tla.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-20 | author = JayQuan | title = T La Rock Interview | publisher = Magnetic Soundworx/JayQuan.com | date = 2001-09-23 A former break dancer , he is the older brother of fellow old-school MC Special K (artist)|Special K of the Treacherous Three . T La Rock stands 6'3" tall.cite news | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9402E3DE103EF930A25753C1A960958260& sec=health& spon=& pagewanted=2 | accessdate = 2007-01-20 | author = Radomsky, Rosalie R. | title = T La Rock and His New Posse | publisher = The New York Times | date = 1996-10-13 T La Rock has been a part of hip hop since its birth, having been a DJ and emcee since the early 1970s.
Hip-hop career
In 1984, Rick Rubin released "It's Yours" 12-inch single (Cat. PT-104), which was the very first release on Def Jam Recordings . Although some might argue that LL Cool J 's "I Need a Beat" 12-inch single was the first, this is not exactly true. The "It's Yours" recording was something that Rick Rubin put out a few months before joining forces with Russell Simmons. The song was the first single to feature a Def Jam logo, but it was released through producer Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker's independent label Partytime, which was the hip hop division of his dance music label Streetwise Records.cite book | last =Guerasava | first = Stacy | title = Def Jam Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label | publisher = One World| year = 2005 | pages = 28–29 | isbn = 978-0-345-46804-X Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (X) does not correspond to calculated figure. The recording was never part of Def Jam’s collection of master recordings.
In a 1996 in music|1996 interview with The New York Times , Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons commented about the effect T La Rock and "It's Yours" had on the early hip hop scene: cquote|"It's Yours" was big; big in the Alternative hip hop|underground . T La Rock started the trend and a new direction in hip-hop. He used 40-letter words. He created a special poetry. LL Cool J was the second release on the label. He borrowed ideas and attitude from T. LL would agree.cite news | last = Radomsky | first = Rosalie R. | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9402E3DE103EF930A25753C1A960958260& sec=health& spon=& pagewanted=1 | title = T La Rock and His New Posse | format = | work = The New York Times October 13, 1996 | publisher = The New York Times | accessdate = January 20, 2007 | date=1996-10-13 The influence of T La Rock's "It's Yours" is monumental. The song was Sampling (music)|sampled by countless artists, including hip-hop group Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy in "Louder than a Bomb" from its 1988 in music|1988 release It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ; Nas in " The World Is Yours (Nas song)|The World is Yours " from his seminal 1994 in music|1994 album Illmatic ; by many sample-based House music|house-music tracks by Todd Terry . The song was later in the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack|soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV , on the old school hip hop radio station the Classics 104.1. It was also used by the Beastie Boys on its song “Paul Revere” off the famous 1986 in music|1986 album Licensed to Ill ,Citation needed|date=February 2012 an album also produced by Rick Rubin and released on Def Jam Recordings . Southern emcee Mystikal did a remake of "It's Yours" on his 1997 album Unpredictable . The song sampled the original drums and had a similar hook, but it had a southern twist to it as it was titled "It Yearns."
On the strength of "It's Yours," T La Rock was signed by Fresh Records (US)|Fresh / Sleeping Bag Records and released two albums: Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx in 1987 in music|1987 , and On a Warpath in 1989 in music|1989 . Lyrical King was produced by T La Rock, Kurtis Mantronik , and DJ Louie Lou (La Rock's original DJ), while Todd Terry produced On a Warpath .cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p296271/biography|pure_url=yes | accessdate = 2007-01-20 | author = Kellman, Andy | title = Allmusic Biography - T La Rock | publisher = AllMusic.com | date =
1994 injury and recovery
In 1994 in music|1994 , T La Rock suffered a traumatic brain injury that almost killed him while breaking up a fight in front of his brother's Bronx apartment building. He spent part of his recovery at the Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn , where he recovered from memory loss and a loss of motor skill s.
After recovering, T La Rock began work on a film project about his life written by Antwone Fisher in 2001 in music|2001 . He also began to record new music. He is back on stage performing all of his hits, both in the United States and internationally. He performed in Brazil on August 2008.Citation needed|date=April 2009
Discography
Albums
Album information
Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
Released: 1987 in music|1987
Chart positions: #64 Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums
RIAA certification :
Singles: "Tudy Fruity Judy," "It's Time to Chill," "Back to Burn," "Big Beat in London" (UK only)
On a Warpath
Released: 1989 in music|1989
Chart positions:
RIAA certification :
Singles: "Runaway," "I'm Gettin Mine," "Keep That Groove"
The Lost Tapes (2000)
References
reflist
External links
http://www.myspace.com/tlarock1 The official MySpace page of T La Rock
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p296271/biography|pure_url=yes AllMusic.com Biography - T La Rock
http://www.discogs.com/artist/T+La+Rock Discogs.com Profile - T La Rock
http://www.unkut.com/2008/06/t-la-rock-interview-pt-1-the-story-of-its-yours/ The Unkut Interview Pt. 1 - The Story of 'It's Yours'
http://www.unkut.com/2008/06/t-la-rock-interview-pt-2-the-lost-tapes/ The Unkut Interview Pt. 2 - The Lost Tapes
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