Craig Mack - Jockin’ My Style (.) May 10, 1970 – March 12, 2018

From the 1997 album: “Operation: Get Down“ Craig Jamieson Mack (May 10, 1970 – March 12, 2018) was an American rapper from Brentwood, New York. Although his first single was released under the name MC EZ in 1988, Mack is best known for his 1994 hit single “Flava In Ya Ear“, which was released under his real name. The remix of the single was the breakout appearance of The Notorious ., as well as one of the first solo appearances by Busta Rhymes. The success of The Notorious .’s debut album Ready to Die overshadowed Mack’s early success on the Bad Boy label. However, . himself namedropped Mack in his breakout hit “Big Poppa“ with the line “I got more Mack than Craig“. Although Puff Daddy mentioned in a 1994 interview on MTV’s Yo! MTV Raps that he was working with Mack on his second album, which was to be released sometime in January the following year, this proved to not be the case. Present at that interview (which also
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