Children of the Corn (band)

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Children of the Corn was a hip-hop group formed in the early 1990s consisting of neighborhood friends/Harlem rappers Ma$e (then known as Murda Mase), Big L, Cam'ron (then known as Killa Cam), McGruff and Bloodshed.

Big L made the group, as he pushed Mase and Cam'ron off the streets and into the studio, as well as Bloodshed, who was Cam'ron's cousin. They released over 30 songs under the name Children of the Corn, as they tried for a record deal. They got paid any way they could, rhyming for local DJs and selling mixtapes out of their trunks.

Although very close to a deal, Mase and Cam'ron left the group to pursue basketball careers, later Mase would sign with Puffy and become part of Bad Boy. As for Cam'ron, he went through college and was ready to get a deal with Big L and Bloodshed, when Bloodshed was killed in a car accident in Harlem. Big L and Cam'ron both signed record deals as solo artists. Thus the group never became successful on its own, although it served as a starting ground for the young rappers. Mase succeeded separately in the commercial rap world. While Cam has had limited commercial sucess. Big L was gunned down in 1999, blocks from his Harlem home.