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Terror Squad (group)

American hip hop collective

Summary

American hip hop collective

Field	Value
name	Terror Squad
background	group_or_band
origin	The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
genre	Hip-hop
years_active	1998–2006
label
past_members	* Fat Joe
website	https://www.terrorsquad.net/

Big Pun (deceased)
Cuban Link
Triple Seis
Prospect
Armageddon
Remy Ma
Tony Sunshine
DJ Khaled

Terror Squad was an American hip hop collective that was first established in 1998. Based in the Bronx in New York City, the members of Terror Squad collectively debuted on a song in member Fat Joe's albums Jealous One's Envy and Don Cartagena. Terror Squad released its debut album, Terror Squad: The Album, in 1999, with its first major hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", credited mostly to Big Pun, who died of a heart attack in 2000. After Big Pun's death, his longtime partners Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group and were subsequently replaced by Remy Martin (later known as Remy Ma) and Tony Sunshine. In 2004, their song "Lean Back" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

History

Joseph Cartagena aka Fat Joe and Felix Delgado aka Charlie Rock LD were founding members of the Terror Squad. In 1995, some of the members of Terror Squad debuted as a group on Fat Joe's album Jealous One's Envy, in addition to appearing on Big Pun's Capital Punishment and Joe's Don Cartagena LP. Terror Squad, in its debut album Terror Squad: The Album, consisted of rappers Fat Joe, Big Pun (Christopher Rios), Cuban Link (also named Felix Delgado), Prospect (Richard Perez), Armageddon (John Eaddy), and Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia).

As the group was on hiatus following Pun's death in 2000, most of its former members fell into obscurity. Founder Fat Joe would have the most successful solo career among all the former members. The group reunited in 2004 and released their second album, True Story. It included the summer club hit "Lean Back", produced by Scott Storch. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and 24 in the UK. A remix to "Lean Back" featured Lil Jon, Mase and Eminem was released on Fat Joe's 2005 album All or Nothing. Although the album failed to spawn other hit singles, Fat Joe and Remy, who contributed the vocals to "Lean Back", went on to release high-selling solo albums in 2006.

Terror Squad signed to Koch Records that next year. Apart from the three new members, DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre are retained as regular crew along with Tony Sunshine.

Members

Fat Joe (Joe Cartagena)
Big Pun (Christopher Rios) (deceased)
Tony Sunshine (Antonio Cruz)
Cuban Link (Felix Delgado)
Armageddon (John Eaddy)
Prospect (Richard Perez)
Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia)
Remy Ma (Reminisce Mackie)
DJ Khaled (Khaled Mohamed Khaled)
Charlie Rock LD (Felix Delgado) (deceased)
Cool & Dre (Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Lyon)

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	US	US R&B	Terror Squad: The Album	True Story
	22	4
	7	1

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
US R&B
US Rap
AUS
"Whatcha Gon' Do?"
(performed by Big Pun)	"Tell Me What U Want"
(performed by Fat Joe, Armageddon, Cuban Link and Tony Sunshine)	"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
(performed by Remy Ma and Fat Joe)	"Lean Back"
(performed by Fat Joe and Remy Ma)	"Take Me Home"
(performed by Fat Joe, Dre, Remy Ma and Armageddon)
1999	—	—	—	—	Terror Squad: The Album
1999	—	—	—	—
2004	—	75	—	—	True Story
2004	1	1	1	44
2004	62	22	19	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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Allah, Sha Be. (2023-05-09). "The Source {{!}}Terror Squad Founding Member Charlie Rock LD Passes Away".
Gill, John. (September 21, 1999). "Big Pun Sounds Off On The Terror Squad". MTV News.
Richburg, Chris. (October 23, 2007). "Fat Joe To Introduce New Terror Squad Members Via Koch". AllHipHop.com.
Kayser, Brian. (November 15, 2006). "Fat Joe". HipHopGame.
Reid, Shaheem. (November 26, 2007). "50 Cent Helps LL Cool J Recover From 'Weak' Album; Busta Rhymes' Hypeman Is Staying Put". MTV News.
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