Vicious (rapper)
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Quame Riley, better known as Vicious or Li'l Vicious, is a Jamaican-American rapper and reggae artist. He is perhaps best known for his single "Nika," which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.
Discovered by Donavon Thomas and Doug E. Fresh
at a talent show at the age of 14, Vicious signed a deal with Epic Records
subsidiary Epic Street. His debut album, Destination Brooklyn
, was released on November 1, 1994. The album reached three of the Billboard charts, peaking at number one on the Reggae charts. It's lead single was "Nika," which became his only charting single, reaching number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100
and nine on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
Discovered by Donavon Thomas and Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh
Douglas E. Davis , better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is an American rapper, record producer, and beat boxer, also known as the Human Beat Box...
at a talent show at the age of 14, Vicious signed a deal with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
subsidiary Epic Street. His debut album, Destination Brooklyn
Destination Brooklyn
-Charts:...
, was released on November 1, 1994. The album reached three of the Billboard charts, peaking at number one on the Reggae charts. It's lead single was "Nika," which became his only charting single, reaching number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and nine on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
Album
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U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
U.S. Reggae | ||
1994 | Destination Brooklyn Destination Brooklyn -Charts:...
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37 | 18 | 1 |
Single
Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.S. Rap Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single... |
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1994 | "Nika" | 69 | 39 | 9 | Destination Brooklyn |