Happy fiftieth birthday today (August 8th) to Mohandas Dewese, better known as American rap MC Kool Moe Dee. The Manhattan native was on the scene in the early days of rap’s formation, working first on the Enjoy Records label and then moving over to Sugar Hill Records.
On December 8th of 1987, he released his second solo album How Ya Like Me Now on the Jive label. The Platinum selling album went to number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 4 on the R&B charts.
