MC Rage
MC Rage | |
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Birth name | Ronnie Lee |
Born | emcee | July 21, 1967
Years active | 1991–2004 |
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Ronnie Lee (born July 21, 1967) is an American musician and former
. Lee has performed under the stage names "MC Rage" and "Ronny Money".Career
Lee known while living in
After his first single release in 1992 titled “Don’t You Wanna Be Free” had very little commercial success, he returned with the name “Ronny Money”, after which he achieved his first chart topping performance with “Ula La” in 1993. Still working closely with Digital Boy, Lee wrote the number one hit “The Mountain of King“ along with several other songs on Digital Boy's album “Ten Steps to the Rise” (1995). After a series of successful releases such as “Money’s Back”, “Again and Again” and “Don’t You Know” featuring Jeffrey Jey from The Bliss Team, Lee went on to host “Caos Time” on the Italian TV channel Videomusic, and a regional radio show. He made a featured appearance on Adriano Celentano's “Quel Punto“ album in 1994. This was the same year he received recognition as the Male Dance Artist of the Year.
Together with Digital Boy, Lee created D-Boy Black label in 1995 and the two focused their energy on the high speed underground techno known as
MC Rage released several more singles and two albums which were respectable but did not achieve the commercial success of “Fuck Macarena”. In 1997, Lee parted ways with Digital Boy, establishing his own label under the name So-Real Records. By 1998 So-Real Records shared the spotlight as Italy's top hardcore label with Traxtorm Records and had become one of the most respected hardcore labels in the world. So-Real Records expanded into So-Real Music Group and was home to Combined Forces Revenge, D-Boy Black Label, HSC Records, and Ruffneck Classic, releasing what later became iconic titles such as “Hardcore For Life” and “Extreme” along with an extensive merchandising catalog.
MC Rage left music in 2004.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
Year | Name |
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2000 | "Rage" (with D-Boy Bad Boys) |
2003 | "Chains" |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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1996 | "Fuck Macarena" | 8 | Singles only | |||||||||
1997 | "Rave Machine" | — | ||||||||||
1998 | "Santa Claus Is Hardcore" | — | ||||||||||
"Two the Hard Way" | — | |||||||||||
1999 | "No Lie" | — | ||||||||||
2000 | "Akkur" (with Digital Boy) | — | ||||||||||
2002 | "September Forever" (with Digital Boy & DJ Bike) | — | ||||||||||
"Still Real" | — | |||||||||||
2003 | "Chains" | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
- ^ Sennhauser, Morgan (7 February 2016). "What Happened to Los del Río - 2018 Update". Gazette Review. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Tilli, Robert (8 February 1997). "MC Rage Takes a Techno Shot at Macarena". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 37. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Singles peak