Pro Era

Pro Era
Members of Pro Era pictured in 2015
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	East Coast Hip hop Hip hop Alternative Hip hop Mafioso rap years_active = 2011–present
Labels	Pro Era Cinematic
Associated acts	Flatbush Zombies Lee Bannon Statik Selektah The Underachievers
Website	www.theproera.com
Members	Aaron Rose Bruce Leekix Chuck Strangers CJ Fly Dee Frosted Dessy Hinds Dirty Sanchez Hans Solo J.A.B. Jakk the Rhymer Joey Bada$$ Kirk Knight Nyck Caution Powers Pleasant Rokamouth Sür Niles
Past members	Capital STEEZ (deceased) Dyemond Lewis SwankMaster RAW T'nah Apex Junior B (deceased)

East Coast Hip hop Hip hop Alternative Hip hop Mafioso rap

Pro Era (short for Progressive Era) is an American hip hop collective from Brooklyn, New York. The collective includes, among others, rappers Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Aaron Rose, Dessy Hinds, Dirty Sanchez, Rokamouth, J.A.B. and Jakk the Rhymer, along with producers Chuck Strangers, Powers Pleasant, Bruce Leekix, Hans Solo and Sür Niles. The collective was formed in 2011 by Capital STEEZ and Powers Pleasant, with Joey Bada$$ and CJ Fly among its founding members.

Capital STEEZ, then known as Jay STEEZ, had started recording music around 2008. During those times STEEZ was also a part of a rap duo called The 3rd Kind along with childhood friend, Jakk the Rhymer. The 3rd Kind released their only mixtape, The Yellow Tape, in 2009.

In the spring of 2011, while still a student at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York, Capital STEEZ had a performance at a cafe in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, with friends including Powers Pleasant, Joey Bada$$ and Dirty Sanchez also in attendance to show him support. On their way home from the performance, he and Powers Pleasant came up with the idea of forming a hip hop collective, which they named "Progressive Era", or "Pro Era" for short. In addition to the two co-founders, Joey Bada$$ and CJ Fly were brought into the group as founding members.

The Pro Era collective signed with the Cinematic Music Group label in 2012, shortly after Jonny Shipes became the manager of Joey Bada$$. On February 14, 2012, Pro Era released their debut mixtape entitled The Secc$ Tap.e.