Kickin' Kenny V

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Kickn Kenny V aka Kenny Van Sky is a Dj and dancer from Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Before his Djing days, he was one of the most extreme and premier dancers in the Midwest.^{[citation needed]}

Kenny became popular with his cousin Mikey in 1988 with there dance crew, Party People Productions. There were a few other members but no one would ever forget the two of them anywhere. Kenny and Mikey would soon set up there dance crew II Hype Boyz which would make them famous. They took on Kool Rock Steady's song "Get Hyped" as there trade mark. Any club they were in people stopped to check them out.

In the winter of 1989 a Dj named Dynamite Dean aka The Young Brother, stopped out to local dance clubs to find a crew for his upcoming project. Upon seeing Kenny and Mikey he called them up and formed the 2 Young Brothers.

They started right away on their first song "Check out the Hook". Dean was a natural rapper and the song took everone by storm. It hit B96 and became the only Hip House song to get mainstream play day or night. B96's Flame Throwing Five night show, Check out the Hook was number one for over 13 weeks. Kenny helped out producing music and setting up all the stage shows for the group until 1992 when he decided to call it quits and just go back to what he loved, DJin music.

Kenny still spins music to this day in Chicago, but House Music will live on forever.