one of the first rap groups ever created, in the late 1970's. lead mc d-wig is credited with inventing the jheri curl. salvizzle and d swizz are also members. Biography-after a 10 year bid on rikers island for a drive by shooting, d wig returned to the streets to perfect his skills on the mic. Selling everything from crack to angel
dust, d wig made it out the hood and burst onto the rap scene with his first
single, "I Pack a Glock in the Phat Farms". They appeared on classic albums such as 'Illmatic' , 'The
Chronic' and 'Liquid Swords'. Their debut album, 'The Salvizzle Show', received 5 mics from The Source.
D-Swizz and Salvizzle grew up on the same block in the Marcy projects. They met D-Wig at a Public Enemy concert. After their
talent was recognized by rap mogul
Russell Simmons, they signed a multimillion dollar 5-album deal.
Career Paths
D-Wig was an actor and model for the early part of his life. He appeared in "
Juice", Menace II
Society", "Boyz N The Hood", and "South Central".
The Hustlaz have recorded various tracks with Mario Rosario, a.k.a. Brockton's Finest.
Collabos/Singles
-"Packin Skoal, Cops on Patrol" - 2005
Beefs - Rival Tritown clik Playback recorded a diss track directed at Salvizzle in the
mid 90's. The Hustlaz responded with their own track, "
T-Field
187", and the violence escalated. Over a 10 year period, over 30 members of both groups were shot in an eruption of gang violence. It wasn'
t until Louis Farrakhan intervened that they were able to call off the war.
-An underground track by Mario Rosario appeared on a DJ Whoo
Kid mixtape in 1998. It was said to contain shots at the Hustlaz, but they never responded. A month later Mario was found shot to
death in his Brockton studio.
The Aftermath
-D-Wig's career was destroyed in a battle with rap legends Dr. Knowledge and KRS-One. He converted to Islam and is now known as
Allah Wig.
-D-Swizz was gunned down while leaving a club in Brockton, MA. The 139/Lennox street corner in Harlem was renamed in his memory to D-Swizz Boulevard. The 2001 film "D-Swizz -
Thug Angel" was created to remember the career of one of rap's greatest lyricists, poets, and street narrators.
-Salvizzle joined the Black Panthers in 1995. In 1996 he was killed in a drive-by shooting while riding with Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur. Their murders remain unsolved.
The Salvizzle Foundation was created in his memory to benefit inner-city youths.