| Trouble Funk | |
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| Origin | Washington DC, United States |
| Genre(s) | Go-go Funk |
| Years active | 1978–1994 |
| Label(s) | Sugar Hill Island |
| Former members | |
| Emmett "EJ Roxx" Nixon Mack Carey Timothius "Tee-Bone" David Chester "Boogie" Davis Big Tony Fisher James "Doc" Avery Gerald Reed Robert "Syke Dyke" Reed Taylor "Monster Baby" Reed David Rudd |
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Their song "Pump Me Up" has been sampled by many other artists and is featured in Style Wars and the fictional R&B radio station Wildstyle in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Style Wars is an early documentary on Hip hop culture, made by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, made in New York City in 1983. Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly
Keyboard player Robert "Syke Dyke" Reed passed away aged 50, on April 13, 2008 from pancreatic cancer. [1]
References
- [1] New York Times
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