Naughty By Nature

   Naughty By Nature are hip-hop's finest group and unquestionably one of its most beloved.

The group Was formed in 1989 by Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay (all members of group are from East Orange, New Jersey).  Group’s First hit was track called “O.P.P.” which sampled the Jackson 5's hit "ABC" and was released in 1991 on their self-titled album Naughty by Nature. The song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the most successful crossover songs in rap history. O.P.P. also being named one of the top 100 rap singles of all time in 1998 by The Source magazine.

    Treach began a secondary acting career in 1992, appearing in Juice; he would go on to supporting roles in The Meteor Man, Who's the Man?, and Jason's Lyric, among others. Naughty by Nature repeated their success with their second album “19 Naughty III” released in 1993, album went  platinum. 

    1995's Poverty's Paradise was the group's final album for Tommy Boy; though it didn't spawn any major hits, it went on to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album becoming the first album to win this award. It also spawned a hit song in "Feel Me Flow" which peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. in 1997, both Treach and Vinnie were arrested in Harlem for illegal weapons possession, and, in 1999, Treach married Pepa, of Salt-N-Pepa (a union that would dissolve two years later). Also in 1999, Naughty by Nature finally returned with a new album titled “Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury”.

     DJ Kay Gee decided to leave Naughty by Nature in late 2000. Treach and Vinnie struck a deal with TVT, and the first Naughty by Nature album as a duo, “IIcons”, was released in early 2002. In 2011 the group worked on their long-delayed seventh group album, and it finally saw release. Titled “Anthem Inc.”, it came out December 13, 2011.