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In high school in the late 1970s , he met Special K and DJ Easy Lee . They formed the influential old school hip hop group the Treacherous Three . It is with The Treacherous Three that Kool Moe Dee performed his Freestyle , on stage Roast of old school party rapper Busy Bee Starski , a performance frequently cited as a pivotal moment in the development of the Battle Rap . In 1986 , Kool Moe Dee went solo, releasing a self-titled album.

He is also well-known for his long-running feud with LL Cool J ; he claims that LL Cool J stole his rapping style. The cover of Kool Moe Dee's 1987 album '' How Ya Like Me Now '' features a red Kangol hat (LL Cool J's trademark) being crushed under the wheel of a Jeep .

Kool Moe Dee also appeared on Will Smith 's #1 pop hit " Wild Wild West " from Smith's 1999 Motion Picture , on which he re-performs the chorus to his 1987 single of the same name.

In The Simpsons , when Marge Simpson fears that she is pregnant again in '' I Married Marge '', Bart Simpson wants to name the child Kool Moe Dee.


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  • ''Kool Moe Dee'' (1986, Rooftop / Jive )

  • '' How Ya Like Me Now '' (1987, Rooftop/Jive)

  • ''The Best'' (1987, Jive; re-issued 1989)

  • ''Knowledge Is King'' (1989, Jive/ RCA )

  • ''African Pride'' EP (1990, Jive)

  • ''Funke, Funke Wisdom'' (1991, Jive)

  • ''Greatest Hits'' (1993, BMG/Jive/Silvertone)

  • ''Interlude'' (1994, Wrap)

  • ''Jive Collection Volume 2: Kool Moe Dee'' (1995, Jive)

  • ''Turn It Up'' as part of the Treacherous Three (re-issue 2000, Sequel)



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