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Icy Blu
Birth nameLaurel Yurchick[1]
Born (1974-06-01) June 1, 1974 (age 50)
Austin, Texas
GenresPop-rap
Occupation(s)Rapper, singer
Years active1991–1992
LabelsGiant Records

Icy Blu (born Laurel Yurchick, June 1, 1974) is an American recording artist who had a brief pop career in the early 1990s.

Career

In 1991, Icy Blu released a self-titled album containing the singles "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" and "I Wanna Be Your Girl". Both singles entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)", which samples Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It", reached the top 10 in Australia[3] and New Zealand,[4] and was the fortieth highest-selling single of 1991 in Australia.[5]

Personal life

In April of 2021, the United States Attorney's Office of the Western District of Texas announced that Yurchick was one of 21 people that had been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of methamphetamine in Texas and elsewhere from August 2019 to March 2021.[6][7] Yurchick subsequently pleaded guilty to that charge on February 1st, 2022. U.S. District Judge Earl Leroy Yeakel III sentenced Yurchick to 121 months of confinement in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with the Judge recommending incarceration at Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, followed by four years of Supervised Release under the supervision of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System.[8]

Discography

Albums

Album Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[9][10]
Icy Blu
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Giant Records, Reprise, Warner
  • Format: CD, Cassette, LP
 100

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		NZ
[4]
1991 "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" 78 8 4 Icy Blu
"I Wanna Be Your Girl" 46 88 15

References

  1. ^ Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman
  2. ^ a b "Billboard > Icy Blu Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 4, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  3. ^ a b Australian (ARIA) peaks:
  4. ^ a b "charts.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  5. ^ "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  6. ^ 21 Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges Filed in Austin, April 9, 2021, archived from the original on May 9, 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. ^ 21 arrested, accused of trafficking meth in Texas, Apr 10, 2021, archived from the original on May 6, 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ Judgment and Commitment – #844 in United States v. Sealed (W.D. Tex., 1:21-cr-00048), February 1, 2022, archived from the original on May 31, 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – Week Ending 27 Oct 1991 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 92)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.
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