The Outsidaz was a hip hop

Hip hop

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 group from Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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, perhaps best known through their affiliation with fellow New York area rappers, the Fugees, and Detroit area rappers D12

D12

D12, an acronym for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia...

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History

The group formed in 1991 after underground rappers Young Zee, met D.U. and Pacewon  at a New Year's Eve party. At the time they met, Young Zee and Pacewon were rival MCs. Pacewon & D.U. were members of a crew named PNS, while Zee headed a crew named Skitzo. They decided to unite into one group, The Outsidaz, following a lengthy microphone battle that it was decided ended in a tie. Along with Pacewon, D.U. and Young Zee, The Outsidaz consisted of Axe, Az Izz, DJ Muhammed, Denzy, Loon One, DJ Spunk, S. Coop, Nawshis, Rah Digga

Rah Digga

Rah Digga is an American rapper. Well known as a long time member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes, she parted ways amicably with the group in 2007. She has been called "one of rap's most prominent women MCs" by Allmusic and "one of hip-hop's most skilled female MCs" in...

, the late Slang Ton, Bskills and Yah Yah. The Outsidaz are affiliated with the Refugee Camp, and made their first commercial appearance as guest artists on the song "Cowboys" off the Fugees multi-platinum sophomore LP "The Score

The Score

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. They were also affiliated with Detroit's D-12, collaborating with them on different projects. Eminem shouts out the Outsidaz at the end of the song "Just Don't Give a Fuck

Just Don't Give a Fuck

"Just Don't Give a Fuck" is a song by American rapper Eminem. The original version of this track was on Eminem's independent demo release The Slim Shady EP...

" featured on the Slim Shady LP, in the beginning of "Cum On Everybody", also featured on "Slim Shady LP", and in the end of "Till Hell Freezes Over" which was supposed to be on "Slim Shady LP" too. They were also referenced twice in the song "As the World Turns", on the "Slim Shady LP". In 2009, Young Zee appeared on Chicago rappers Saurus and Bones

Saurus and Bones

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' debut album Mind Like Mine on the song "Let The Trumpets Blow." In 2011, Young Zee and Pacewon appeared on the Jedi Mind Tricks

Jedi Mind Tricks

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 album Violence Begets Violence on the song "Design In Malice."

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		US Hip-Hop	US Heatseekers
2000	Night Life Night Life (Outsidaz album) Night Life is the debut album by rap group, Outsidaz. It was released on January 18, 2000, for Rufflife Records and was produced by Az Izz, Jim Jonsin, Pacewon, Rah Digga and Young Zee. The album found mild success, peaking at #67 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #19 on the Top Heatseekers...	67	19
2001	The Bricks The Bricks (album) The Bricks is the second album by rap group, Outsidaz. It was released on May 22, 2001 for Rufflife Records and featuring production by Rockwilder, DJ Twinz, DJ Spunk, Hotrunner, Denaun Porter, Gov Mattic and Self-Service...	68	48

Singles

• "Rain or Shine" (1998)
• "The Rah Rah" (1999)
• "Macosa/Do It With a Passion" (1999)
• "Keep On/Done in the Game" (2001)
• "Who U Be?" (2001)
• "I'm Leavin'
  I'm Leavin'
  "I'm Leavin" is a song by Outsidaz featuring Rah Digga and Melanie Blatt, which was released as a single in March 2002 in the United Kingdom and Europe...
  
  " (2002)