Delinquent Habits

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Origin	East Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s)	Rap Hip-Hop
Years active	1991 to present
Website	delinquenthabits.net
Members
Ives O.G. Style Michelle
Former members
Kemo The Blaxican

Delinquent Habits (a.k.a. Los Delinquentes) is a Chicano hip hop group. Formed in Los Angeles in 1991, they are known for their Latin-tinged rap, which is both melodic and hardcore. Their first album was executive produced by Cypress Hill member Sen Dog and featured guest appearances by Sen himself as well as Puerto Rican New York City rapper Hurricane G. Their second album, Here Come The Horns, again featured Sen Dog as well as Sen's brother, pioneering Latin rapper Mellow Man Ace. The melodic "Merry Go Round" featured the female singer Michelle. The group chose to focus more on hardcore rap on their fourth offering, "Freedom Band".

1 Members
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Members

Kemo the Blaxican (David L.K. Thomas, former member)
Ives, Irie, El Guero/Huero Loco (Ivan Martin, MC)
O.G. Style (Alejandro Martinez, DJ and Producer)
Michelle (Vocals)

The group itself originally consisted of two MCs, Ives and Kemo, and O.G. Style as the DJ. Thus the group was often called "Los Tres Delinquentes" (In English: "The Three Delinquents"). In 1996, the group garnered international success with their first single "Tres Delinquentes" selling over one million copies. The success of the song pushed the group's self-titled album to nearly the same figure. Kemo soon left after the completion of their album Freedom Band to pursue a solo career with some substantial success. He was replaced by female vocalist Michelle, who had been previously feautured in their songs.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Delinquenthabits-selftitled.jpg Delinquent Habits 1996	Herecomethehorns DH.jpg Here Come the Horns 1998	Merry Go Round 2000	Freedom Band 2003
New and Improved 2006

[edit] Trivia

"Return of the Tres" was featured in the 2001 and 2005 films, Double Take and Harsh Times, respectively. The song was also used in one of Nike's Joga Bonito advertisements.
Several of their songs are featured on the soundtracks to video games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico, and Total Overdose's official sequel; Chili Con Carnage.
Ive's other alias is "El Guero/Huero Loco", meaning "The crazy light-skinned one". Guero (or Huero) can also be used as a derogatory term for a non-hispanic caucasian but is also found as a common term of endearment.
Of all three male members of the group, only Kemo was fluent in Spanish.
Kemo's birth name is David Lorenzo Karlos Juan Thomas-Gonzalez Rodriguez Sanchez Iglesias.