- Had a long "battle rap" feud with LL Cool J. Some of the songs where his "dissed" him were "How Ya Like Me Now" and "Let's Go" (which is featured on the Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and Boyz 'N Tha Hood soundtracks).
- Influential old-school rapper.
- Participated in the first "battle rap" of all time in 1982 at The Harlem World in Manhattan, when he and fellow Treacherous Three member L.A. Sunshine went on stage after rapper Busy Bee had finished, and verbally attacked Busy Bee.
- Author of the book "There's a God on the Mic", (which he also based his documentary of the same name). It lists, in his opinion, the fifty greatest hip-hop artists of all time, the top three being Tupac Shakur, Rakim, and Grandmaster Melle Mel.
- Re-used score, with permission, originally composed for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), by Ennio Morricone, for "Wild Wild West" rap. (1988)
- Member of one of the pioneering old school hip hop groups of all time, The Treacherous Three, from the late 1970s to mid 1980s.
- Self-titled first album was released in 1986.
- Brother of Gamel Dewese.
- Has not released an album since 1994's "Interlude".
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