MC Trouble

MC Trouble
Birth nameLaTasha Sheron Rogers
Born(1970-07-30)July 30, 1970
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1991(1991-06-04) (aged 20)
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active1987–1991
LabelsMotown
Associated actsThe 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 number 15 on Billboard magazine's Hot Rap Singles chart.[1] The title track of her debut album Gotta Get a Grip was released as the second single on September 14, 1990. Gotta Get a Grip was a mix of hardcore rap and more commercial R&B.[2]

Illness and death

Rogers was born with epilepsy and received daily treatment to prevent seizures; in 1991, she was in production of 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 that resulted in heart failure.

Legacy

The posthumous single "Big Ole Jazz" was released in 1992 and appeared on the House Party 2 soundtrack resulted in a second and final hit on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.

A Tribe Called Quest's single "Vibes and Stuff" off of their 1991 album The Low End Theory pays tribute to MC Trouble.

Motown labelmates The Boys's song "You got me cryin," off the album The Saga Continues... (The Boys album) paid tribute to Mc Trouble. Trouble was a dear friend of the group. Boyz II Men also paid tribute to MC Trouble on "its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" on the east coast family vol 1 album.

Discography

References

  1. ^ "MC Trouble Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  2. ^ Gotta Get A Grip Review at AllMusic

External links



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