Boogie Down Productions was a
hip hop group that was originally composed of
KRS-One,
D-Nice, and DJ
Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album,
Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the
South Bronx section of
The Bronx, one of the five boroughs of
New York City. The group pioneered the fusion of
dancehall reggae and
hip hop music and their debut LP
Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx of the late 1980s thus setting the stage for what would eventually become
gangsta rap.