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The Get Loose Crew was a Toronto-based Canadian hip hop group active from 1986 to 1989. Formed by Kory "MC Shadow" Neely, Len "Mix-Master Len" Grant-Stuart and Chris "DJ Jel" Jackson - with Carl "MC B" Badwa joining for the 1988 release - the group issued a self-titled EP on their independent record label East Park Productions. National reference works and university sources have highlighted the record’s role in Canadian hip hop and independent distribution. The group became the first Canadian act in the genre to independently finance, produce and secure distribution of an authentic mini-LP for international release. The group did not release a follow-up project, and disbanded in 1990. Member Carl Badwa, MC B, became the first Canadian emcee to win a Juno Award in 1990 for the category R&B Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
