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| Children of the Corner aka COC To remember the group C.O.C. you have to go back to the era of rap during the early 90's, when rappers like Big Daddy Kane were starting to get recognition, and when groups like Run-DMC had already broken the mold. The Children of the Corner or "Corn" came together as neibourhood friends, five emcees, one producer, two emcees destined to be famous, one would tragically never see his certain fame, one more would be “Destined To Be” but with the death of his partner in crime would dissolve into obscurity. The last lost his life before he had a chance to make music professionally. The producer would certainly leave his mark on the urban music scene. The first two, Ma$e, formerly Murder Mase, and Cam'ron, formerly Killa Cam made it, but not before losing two soldiers. L, of course, was the Child of the Corn who wouldn't live to see the riches that would be his. Herb Mcgruff is still around, I haven’t heard a new Mcgruff track for a long time, with L’s death Mcgruff seems to have lost his place in the rap game. Bloodshed’s life too was tragically cut short with a fatal car accident in Harlem. Darrell Branch aka the Digga has successfully moved on to produce tracks for artisits such as Jay-Z, J-Lo, and 50-Cent. Ironically, out of five of the most talented emcee's to walk the face of earth, only one continuously and regularly drops music today. Children of the Corn earned an undefinable street reputation among heads and aspiring rap superstars in Harlem. The C.O.C. never landed a record deal collectively, but until the bitter end they always worked for it. Together they recorded over 35 songs, including their unheard classic American Dream. The group made very little money, nothing in comparison to hitting mainstream and landing a big record deal, they made it the few ways they could though. Big L was the one that showed Murder Mase and Killa Cam, that playing ball wasn't the only way out of Harlem. And so it came to pass, the group of five running riot ripped up the blocks and the parks expressing their lyrical talent in great proportions. Big L the eldest of the group seemed to take lyrical charge. As expressed thousands of times before all good things must come to an end, eventually, Mase found himself involved with Puffy, and his Bad Boy fam and eventually would retire to follow God's path. Killa Cam also left on and off to pursue a solo career. But, the untimely and extremely tragic death of Cam‘s cousin, Bloodshed one hazy Harlem night, landed the final blow to the group. And now here we are, and whos left of those original Children? Two are rhyming in paradise, one has devoted his being to God, ones location is unknown, and one is still making those precious ends. Read more about COC here. |
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