Joseph Williams Jr. (born June 22, 1965), better known by the stage name Just-Ice, is an American
rapper
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from
New York City
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.
Career
In 1986, he was charged with the murder of drug dealer Ludlaw DeSouza, but later proven innocent.
[Bradley, John Ed (1986)]
Survival of the Hippest
, ''Washington Post
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'', September 7, 1986. Retrieved April 29, 2017[Lazell, Barry (1997) ''Indie Hits 1980–1989'', Cherry Red Books, , p. 125] His third album, ''
The Desolate One'' (1989), had minor success in the United Kingdom, reaching no. 16 on the
UK Independent Chart
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.
Williams relocated from the Ft. Greene area in Brooklyn to the Castle Hill section of the Bronx in his early adolescent years. He currently resides in the Bronx which he considers his hometown.
Bradley Nowell (
Sublime) brought Just-Ice's vinyl record ''
The Desolate One'' to KROQ 106.7 FM Radio Station in California in the 1990s at the height of the band's success. He proclaimed that "You can drop the needle anywhere on this record and I guarantee you, GOLD!" Of which, the DJ allowed and played "NA TOUCH DA JUST".
Discography
* ''
Back to the Old School''
(1986)
* ''
Kool & Deadly'' (1987)
* ''
The Desolate One'' (1989)
* ''
Masterpiece
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Historically, ...
'' (1990)
* ''
Gun Talk'' (1993)
* ''
Kill the Rhythm (Like a Homicide)'' (1995)
* ''
VII'' (1998)
* ''Gangster Boogie'' (2008) (digital download only)
* ''32 Degrees'' (2009) (digital download only)
* ''The Just-Ice and KRS-One EP Vol.1'' (2010) (digital download only)
References
External links
*
AllMusic.com Biography - Just-Ice
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1965 births
Living people
Five percenters
African-American male rappers
21st-century American male rappers
East Coast hip-hop musicians
Rappers from the Bronx
Rappers from Brooklyn
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
People from Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Sleeping Bag Records artists
21st-century African-American musicians
20th-century African-American musicians
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