American rapper. He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew in 1992 until pursuing a solo career with the release of his debut studio album, Represent the following year. Cartegena formed the hip hop group Terror Squad and its namesake record label in the late 1990s, through which he has signed fellow New York artists including Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, and Cuban Link, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre