Blog: You Can Call Me Betty

Charity Shoppin' #1: Turn It Up

Charity Shoppin' #1: Turn It Up (Photo by G Kcin ) Said turn it up. This is misleadingly credited to the Treacherous Three on the album sleeve, but in reality Turn It Up was the first solo release (on Sugar Hill, natch) for a certain Mohandas Dewese, aka Kool Moe Dee . Although potentially named after Gandhi, Mr Dee was recognised, in his early days at least, as much for anything as his confrontation and feuding. Kool Moe Dee came to prominence on the back of a now legendary live recording of a battle rap/roasting of Busy [...]