MC. REGGIE REG, (REGINALD DEMPSEY) WAS BORN IN THE BRONX NEWYORK.
AS A YOUNG BOY GROWING UP IN THE EARLY 80'S BECAME ONE OF THE BRONX'S MOST KNOWN DJ'S AND SOON FORMED SEVERAL RAP GROUPS WITH HIS CHILD HOOD FRIEND KOOL JOE (JOSEPH FRYSON) AND LANDED SEVERAL RECORD DEALS WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST GROUP WAS NAMED M.D.S. PRODUCTIONS AND SOON SIGNED TO UNIVERSAL RECORDS AFTER TURNING DOWN SEVERAL OFFERS FROM WILD PITCH RECORDS. AFTER MODERATE SUCCESS AND SOME GHOST WRITING BEHIND THE SCENES, REGGIE REG DECIDED TO START A LABEL CALLED SUICIDE RECORDINGS AND DROP RECORDS NON-STOP. TURNING DOWN MAJOR OFFERS FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY LABEL EXCEPT A DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DIG DADDY, THEY RELEASED SEVERAL UNDERGROUND GROUPS AND CLASSICS. GROUPS SUCH AS SCIENZ OF LIFE, WIL PAK, DON Q, KOOL JOE AND HIS GROUP THE SLUM BROTHERS.
AFTER RELEASING REGULAR NIGGERS , THE DIARY OF THE PORCH MONKEY,
THE ALBUM WAS SHELVED BECAUSE OF SAMPLE CLEARANCE ISSUES AND A LAWSUIT SOONAFTER. WITH ABOUT 4 ALBUMS COMPLETE PRODUCTION WAS HALTED! REGGIE REG WAS THEN HIT WITH ANOTHER BLOW HIS LONG TIME MANAGER HAD STOLEN $1000'S OF DOLLARS FROM THE COMPANY. AND A FEW MONTH'S LATER HIS CHILDHOOD BUDDY AND BUSINESS PARTNER PASSED AWAY. THIS PROOVED TOO MUCH TO DEAL WITH FOR ONE OF THE BEST MC'S/ HIP HOP PRODUCERS OF OUR TIME. HE WAS MORE THEN THE COMPLETE PACKAGE IN RAP. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY MAJOR AND INDY LABEL'S THE SLUM BROTHERS LEFT US WONDERING WHAT IF?? Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.