Juice Crew

Juice Crew
Also known as	The Juice Crew All-Stars
Origin	Queensbridge, New York
Genres	Hip Hop
Years active	1983–1991
Labels	Cold Chillin'
Associated acts	Dimples D.
Past members	Marley Marl Mr. Magic (deceased) Roxanne Shanté MC Shan Biz Markie TJ Swan Big Daddy Kane DJ Polo Kool G Rap Masta Ace Craig G Glamorous MC Debbie Dee Tragedy Khadafi Grand Daddy I.U.

The Juice Crew was a Hip Hop collective of largely Queensbridge-based artists in the mid-to late 1980s. Founded by producer Marley Marl and radio DJ Mr. Magic, and housed by Tyrone Williams' Cold Chillin' Records, the Juice Crew helped introduce New School artists Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté and Kool G Rap. The crew produced many answer records and "beefs"—primarily with rival radio jock Kool DJ Red Alert and the South Bronx's Boogie Down Productions—as well as the "posse cut", "The Symphony".

Marley Marl started his career as Mr. Magic's sidekick and DJ on the influential radio show Rapp Attack, the first exclusively hip-hop music program to be aired on a major radio station, New York's WBLS-FM; the show would be instrumental in launching the careers of the group's various artists. The crew derived its name from Mr. Magic's alias, "Sir Juice". Magic actually had a previous ("original") Juice Crew consisting of himself, record executive Sal Abbatiello, and artists Sweet Gee, DJ June Bug, and Kurtis Blow.

As a record producer, Marley Marl began the Juice Crew's long tradition of answer records with their first release—1983's "Sucker DJs (I Will Survive)" by Marley's then-girlfriend Dimples D., a response to Run-D.M.C.'s "Sucker M.C.'s"—but this initial effort failed to provoke much of a reaction, and was a whimper compared to what was to come.

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