Mr. Lee
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For the song "Mr. Lee" by Diana Ross, see Red Hot Rhythm & Blues.
Mr. Lee (born Lee Haggard) is DJ/House music rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He is well known among those in the Chicago House music scene as one of the pioneers who brought Hip-Hop to the genre, which would later be coined as Hip-House.
He also helped launched the career of an male R&B artist Robert Kelly (AKA R. Kelly).
Mr. Lee charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Get Busy"(#2/1989), "Pump That Body"(#1/1990) and "Get Off"(#32/1992). His music remains popular with House music and dance music fans. Mr. Lee released two albums "Get Busy" in 1990 and "I Wanna Rock Right Now" in 1992.