J. J. Fad

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J. J. Fad is an American female rap group best known for their influential 1988 hit "Supersonic," which helped bring early West Coast hip hop into the mainstream.

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J. J. Fad canonical 1
JJ Fad 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop group ⓘ
rap group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1980s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs J.J. Fad ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Fad
associatedWith Arabian Prince ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eazy-E ⓘ
N.W.A ⓘ
basedIn California ⓘ
bestKnownFor their 1988 single "Supersonic" ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact opened doors for later female hip hop artists ⓘ
debutAlbum Supersonic (album) ⓘ
linked to: Supersonic
debutSingle Supersonic ⓘ
formedIn mid-1980s ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hasCharacteristic all-female lineup ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn electro hip hop ⓘ
pop-rap ⓘ
hasMember Danielle Burns ⓘ
Juana Burns ⓘ
Michelle Franklin ⓘ
helpedPopularize West Coast hip hop in the mainstream ⓘ
influenced early West Coast hip hop ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
memberOf Ruthless Records ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ
notableSong Is It Love ⓘ
Supersonic ⓘ
Way Out ⓘ
You Got Me Up ⓘ
notableWork Supersonic ⓘ
Supersonic (album) ⓘ
linked to: Supersonic
originatedInScene Southern California hip hop scene ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Ruthless Records ⓘ
significantFor being among the first female rap groups to achieve mainstream success ⓘ
style electro-rap ⓘ
party rap ⓘ
supersonicReleaseYear 1988 ⓘ
vocalType female rap vocals ⓘ

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Fergalicious → sampleSourceArtist → J. J. Fad ⓘ
Ruthless Records → associatedAct → JJ Fad ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Fad
Stop the Violence Movement → movementParticipant → J.J. Fad ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Fad
DJ Yella → associatedAct → J.J. Fad ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Fad
J. J. Fad → alsoKnownAs → J.J. Fad ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Fad