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Group Home

American hip hop group

Summary

American hip hop group

Field	Value
name	Group Home
background	group_or_band
origin	New York City, New York, U.S.
genre	Hip hop
years_active	1990–present
label	Payday/FFRR/PolyGram
Replay Records
current_members	Melachi the Nutcracker
Lil' Dap

Replay Records Lil' Dap

Group Home is a hip hop duo, composed of members Lil' Dap (birth name James Heath; b. March 6, 1972) and Melachi the Nutcracker (birth name Jamal Felder; b. October 5, 1972). They came to prominence as members of the Gang Starr Foundation. Lil' Dap made his rhyming debut on Gang Starr's 1992 classic Daily Operation on the song "I'm the Man". Both members appeared on Gang Starr's critically acclaimed 1994 effort Hard to Earn, on the tracks "Speak Ya Clout" and "Words from the Nutcracker". In 1995, the group released its debut album, Livin' Proof. The album was very well received, mainly due to DJ Premier's advanced production work, described by Allmusic as "rhythmic masterpieces". A second album A Tear for the Ghetto was released in 1999, this time with only one track produced by DJ Premier.

Lil' Dap released a solo single, "Brooklyn Zone", in 2001, and guested on several other releases. , Lil' Dap is an independent artist. He released in 2008 a solo album called I.A.Dap. In 1996 they toured with Cypress Hill and Brotherhood in London, UK. In 2008 they featured with Clipse at the Highline Ballroom in New York. Lil' Dap released the ep "Code Of Silence" in 2014. In 2017 they performed at the OUT4FAME Festival in Germany and the Royal Arena Festival in the UK. In 2019 they reunited with Gang Starr for their song “What’s Real” with Royce da 5’9, off the former’s closer album One of the Best Yet.

Discography

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	US R&B
Livin' Proof	A Tear for the Ghetto	Where Back	Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal	Forever
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References

Shapiro, Peter (2005) ''The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed.'', Rough Guides, {{ISBN. 1-84353-263-8, p.165
DiBella, M.F. "[{{AllMusic
"Group Home – Chart history: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". [[Prometheus Global Media]].

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