Ugly Duckling is an
American hip hop group that formed around 1993 in
Long Beach,
California. Ugly Duckling's members include
Dizzy Dustin (Dustin McFarland),
Young Einstein (Rodney Pleasant Jr.) and
Andy Cat (Andy Cooper). They took the name Ugly Duckling because they felt like outcasts on the Southern California hip hop scene of the mid-1990s. According to the book
How to Rap: the Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, it is one of the most prominent
underground hip hop groups.