MC Trouble
| MC Trouble | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | LaTasha Sheron Rogers |
| Born | July 30, 1970 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1991 (aged 20) |
| Genres | R&B, Hip-Hop, |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, Rapper |
| Years active | 1987–1991 |
| Labels | Motown |
| Associated acts | The Boys, The Good Girls, Queen Latifah, Johnny Gill, A Tribe Called Quest, Today, Teddy Riley |
LaTasha Sheron Rogers (July 30, 1970 – June 4, 1991), better known as MC Trouble, was a rap artist, and the first female rapper signed to Motown Records.
MC Trouble had a minor hit with the song "(I Wanna) Make You Mine" featuring The Good Girls, released May 25, 1990. "Make You Mine" peaked at #15 on the Billboard Magazine's Hot Rap Songs charts.[1] The title track of her debut album Gotta Get a Grip was released as a second single on September 14, 1990. Gotta Get a Grip showed promise as a mix of hardcore rap and more commercial R&B.[2]
In 1991, she was in production for her second album when she died in her sleep on June 4, 1991, while at the home of a friend in Los Angeles shortly after suffering an epileptic seizure brought on by complications from a brain tumor, which resulted in heart failure. The posthumous single "Big Ole Jazz" was released in 1992 and appeared on the House Party 2 soundtrack resulted in a second & final hit on Billboard's rap singles chart.
[edit] Discography
- 1988: Highroller's Girl (EP)
- 1990: Gotta Get a Grip
[edit] References
- ^ "MC Trouble Chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=82194&model.vnuAlbumId=384004. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ Gotta Get A Grip Review at Allmusic
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