From WGCI
Brother Marquis, a prominent member of the iconic 2 Live Crew, has passed away.
On Monday, June 3, the Miami-based group's manager confirmed to iHeartRadio that Marquis, born Mark D. Ross, has died. As of this report, a cause of death has not been confirmed. The group's official Instagram account announced his death but details about his passing are currently scarce. He was 57 years old. Marquis was recruited by 2 Live Crew's Mr. Mixx to join the group alongside him, Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell and the late Christopher "Fresh Kid Ice" Wong Won, who also passed away in 2017.
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Brother Marquis made his debut in the music industry alongside Rodney-O as "The Caution Crew" in 1983. As a duo, they dropped singles like "Westside Storie" and "Rhythm Rock." His cousin gave him the name "Brother Marquis" in part due to their Muslim faith and their times riding around in a Grand Marquis. He landed on 2 Live Crew's debut album The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are in 1986 and appeared on their other albums Move Somethin' (1988), As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989) and Shake a Lil' Somethin' (1996).
In the 1990's, Marquis went on to form the duo 2 Nazty with DJ Toomp and dropped their album Indecent Exposure in 1993. He also appeared on Ice-T's original version of "99 Problems" on his fifth studio album Home Invasion, which was later remade by JAY-Z. Throughout the 2000's and 2010's, Marquis, Mr. Mixx and Fresh Kid Ice reunited, dropped music and toured as 2 Live Crew until Kid passed away in 2017.
4 comments:
Rest in Peace Quis… me so horny!
Another one dead in his 50's. Sad.
Sadness #RIP
RIP
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