" IT WAS 1996 and the East Coast West Coast rivalry was going strong... southern Rap was in its infancy on the national sceen and, supposedly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_hip_hop) west coast hip hop was at the twighlight of its golden years.... The whole country was waiting for the next big thing....Enter Parapa the Rappa........ a little dog so hype, that he influnced a whole generation of TRL rap rock, hood and inner city youths to remember that " Its all in the mind" (master onion)......the rest, as they say, is history....
meet the man behind the most influential rap stars in the mid nineties from the far east coast:
http://www.whimsyload.com/
and here is some of his work:
