The Beatnuts

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Biography

The Beatnuts are a New York-based hip hop group and production duo from Queens, New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 4, 1968) is Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez on April 10, 1972) is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights. The Beatnuts are the only Latino members of the Native Tongues collective. Although only peripheral members, they are routinely acknowledged by Q-Tip. The Beatnuts were originally a trio before Kool Fashion, now known as Al' Tariq, left the group to start a solo career. The Mighty V.I.C. (Groove Merchantz, Ghetto Pros) was also a member of The Beatnuts' production team for a while.

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1989
Number of Albums 24
Record Label
Website www.pitfightmusic.com
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Genres

Hip Hop

Trivia

At what age did Psycho Les start producing beats and DJing?

15

...acknowledged by QTip. Psycho Les started producing beats and DJing at age 15 under aliases including DJ Les Jams and DJ Incredible. At a high school i...
Who introduced Psycho Les to fellow producer JuJu?

DJ Loco Moe

...ams and DJ Incredible. At a high school in Flushing, Queens, a friend DJ Loco Moe introduced Les to fellow producer JuJu. While crate digging, both Be...
At what high school did DJ Loco Moe introduce Psycho Les?

Flushing, Queens

...iases including DJ Les Jams and DJ Incredible. At a high school in Flushing, Queens , a friend DJ Loco Moe introduced Les to fellow producer JuJu. Whil...
Jujuju and Psycho Les were DJing parties under what name?

Beat Kings

... At this time, JuJu and Psycho Les were DJing parties under the alias Beat Kings . The Jungle Brothers claimed that they were not kings, but rather two...
The Jungle Brothers claimed that they were what?

two nuts

...ings. The Jungle Brothers claimed that they were not kings, but rather two nuts for their comical nature and the fact that they were crazy enough to c...
Who did the two Beatnut members later meet up with?

rapper Kool Fashion

...eir name and it stuck. The two Beatnuts members later met up with rapper Kool Fashion . Early production work The Beatnuts entered the recording indust...
When did the beatnuts enter the recording industry?

1990

...per Kool Fashion. Early production work The Beatnuts entered the recording industry in 1990 producing two tracks for the electronica group Stereo MCs....
How many tracks did they produce for Stereo MCs?

two

...per Kool Fashion. Early production work The Beatnuts entered the recording industry in 1990 producing two tracks for the electronica group Stereo MCs....
How many records did the Jungle Brothers carry to every show they played?

hundreds

...their comical nature and the fact that they were crazy enough to carry hundreds of records to every show they played. They thus changed their name and...
What rapper did the two Beatnuts members meet up with?

Kool Fashion

...dreds of records to every show they played. They thus changed their name and it stuck. The two Beatnuts members later met up with rapper Kool Fashion ....
Where are The Beatnuts from?

Queens, New York

...mixes 23 The Beatnuts are a hip hop group and production team from Queens, New York . The Beatnuts have released six fulllength studio albums, two exte...
How many fulllength studio albums have The Beatnuts released?

six

...oup and production team from Queens, New York. The Beatnuts have released six fulllength studio albums, two extended plays, one instrumental album, th...
What was the name of the EP released by Relativity Records in 1993?

Intoxicated Demons

...s selfproduce all of their songs. The Beatnuts' debut release was Intoxicated Demons , a 1993 EP released by Relativity Records. It contained two singl...
What was the name of the instrumental album released in 1997?

Hydra Beats, Vol. 5

...Street Level and 1997's Stone Crazy. 1997 also saw the release of Hydra Beats, Vol. 5 , an instrumental album marketed by Hydra Entertainment instead o...
Which label did the beatnuts sign to soon after they released A Musical Massacre?

Loud Records

...usical Massacre. Each of these records was released by Relativity Records, but the Beatnuts would soon sign to Relativity's sister label Loud Records ....