6.026.09
To all our Naughty family,
By now the world is aware music titan, Michael Jackson
has passed on. Of course Naughty by Nature is devastated
by his loss. Michael Jackson has always been a great
source of our success. We sampled The Jackson 5's ,
A.B.C. and turned it into O.P.P. which was the first
single from our debut lp, "Naughty by Nature" in
1991. The song catapulted our success and made Naughty
by Nature a household name. O.P.P. is also one of Hip
Hop music's greatest songs according to numerous industry
and fan voted countdowns. We also had the pleasure
of being personally invited by Michael for a cameo
appearance in his "Jam" video featuring Heavy
Dee for the "Spacejam" soundtrack. I remember
as if it were yesterday meeting Michael on set and
him saying to us, "Thank you for such a wonderful
song", referring to O.P.P. Naughty also participated
on the Kaygee produced, "Scream" remix featuring
his sister Janet. Michael was the kind of artist who
always reached out to his industry peers to support
them although he was "The King of Pop". Michael
is, was and will forever be "King of the World".
On behalf of Treach and Kaygee, Naughty by Nature would
like to extend sincere condolences to the family and
personal friends of Mr. Michael Jackson. Performing
O.P.P. will forever have an extra special meaning for
us.... Thank you Michael!
VinRock
Naughty by Nature Inc.=
1.01.09
To all of our Naughty Riders,
Welcome to the new Naughty
site!! Treach, Kaygee and I would like to thank all of
our fans who have supported us through the years. As
you know the Hip Hop Honors will be airing Monday nite.
I’m warning you now,
WE DISMANTLED THE PLACE!! We cut a song from our performance
medley which we should’nt have but it’s okay.
They are rebuilding the Hammerstein Ballroom now (lol).
It’s officially back on for Naughty. We are halfway
through the new recording process so get ready, ‘09
will be a huge year for us!! Big thanx to our management
team UJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Rebekah really held us down during
the past 8 turbulent years. Thanx to Shakim and Queen
Latifah and the entire Flavor Unit staff for unconditional
love and support. Thanx to every record label who invested
in us, Bon Ami (Sugarhill Records, Joey Jr, and Sylvia
Robinson) Tommy Boy Records who blew us up!! Thank you
Tom Sliverman and Monica Lynch and everyone who worked
our records during that time (Charm Warren you r eally
taught us a lot). Clive Davis for signing us to Arista
records, we are honored to have worked with the greatest
music executive ever!! Thanx to TVT records, Steve and
Bryan Leach for signing us for the IIcons lp when nobody
else would touch it. Finally, thanx to all of our family
and friends for the years of support since the New Style!!
This Honor belongs to all of the above especially our
online soldiers, Mark Hardy our webmaster and designer
and Mika Hon who does all of our fullfillment on the
site. I get no complaints from our customers, Justin
Mayo from Utah and Splish in England. Super shout out
to every promoter who booked us for shows, our agents,
every college, club and arena. Also thanx to everyone
who has purchased from our online store and everyone
who bought a ticket to a Naughty concert!! Get ready
people, Naughty is back in full effect!!!! We love you
all. Thank you VH1, Fab Five Freddie and Jack Benson
for the VH1 Hip Hop Honor and congrats to our fellow
nominees, De La Soul (Our big brothers for life) Too
Short, Cypress Hill and Slick Rick. Peace!!
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