Ugly Leaders
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| Origin | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1988–2001 |
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| Associated acts | MC Buffalo, MC Rob-G, AD Skylab, Laufer, Unlogic Skill, Freek Tha Ho |
| Past members | DJ Pimp DJ R-33 Rock MC Condom X Gigi |
Ugly Leaders was a Croatian hip hop group from Rijeka. They were the first rappers to release a hip hop album in Croatia as well as one of the first hip hop acts in the Balkans.
The group was formed in 1988 by childhood friends David Jambreušić, Richard Lenac and Sadin Kruškić who took on the aliases DJ Pimp Tha Ho, DJ R-33 Rock and MC Condom X. They started recording their first material at the end of 1989 in a small studio in Opatija with the help of their former manager Damn Jay, but dissatisfied with the quality of song's they moved into a better studio, where in 1991 they recorded material for the first Croatian hip-hop album Channel is Deep & Beech.
In 1992 they released Channel Is Deep & Beech through label's Channel Records and Damn Good Records. Their first music video was called Ugly Leaders Are Funny?. The music video was filmed borrowed VHS camera, and mixed in home production. Their second music video for the album was called Hardcore, the video was shown on HRT music show Hit Depo and was number 1 for eight months on the charts. Their third music video Panonian Beech was banned from TV due to censorship issues.
In 1993 Robert Grizlio aka Gigi joined the group and only a few months later DJ R left the group to pursue a career with his heavy metal band.
Their second album Prisoners Of Pain, co-produced by Denyken Music, who's been better known within Croatian rock circles, dropped in 1994 in conjunction between Denyken Records and Croatian major label Croatia Records. The album also had two official single's unlike the first album. Most of the album wasn't played on the Radio due to languages and theme's of the album. The same year there were the opening act to Public Enemy & Ice-T in Zagreb, the first American hip hop ambassadors to Croatia.
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