Children of the Corn was a hip-hop group formed in the 1990s consisting of neighborhood friends and fellow
Harlem rappers
Mase (then known as Murda Mase),
Big L,
Cam'ron (then known as Killa Cam),
Herb McGruff and Derek "Bloodshed" Armstead. The group name is a play on words; it is short for Children of the Corner as well as refers to
Stephen King's short story with the same name.