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Mohandas Dewese (born 8 August 1962), better known as Kool Moe Dee, was an American old-school rapper prominent in the late 1980s and early 90s.
In high school in the late 1970s, he met Special K and DJ Easy Lee and the three formed the influential old school hip hop group the Treacherous Three. 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 has not released an album since 1994's Interlude, although he appears 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.
Discography
- Kool Moe Dee (1986, Rooftop/Jive)
- How Ya Like Me Now (1987, Rooftop/Jive)
- Knowledge Is King (1989, Jive/RCA)
- African Pride EP (1990, Jive)
- Funke, Funke Wisdom (1991, Jive)
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