Da Chozen

Hailing from Paterson “Silk City” NJ comes a rap group which can be considered true school in its purest form. Da Chozen, which consist of Eshawn, T-Smooth, Big Bunk, B-Hop, Shortcutt (R.I.P), and Dj Tab DiBiassi all born and raised in Silk City grew up during the golden era of Hip hop. They were students of the culture, which shows in their musical selections. Their songs, which are heavily sample driven, consist of a mixture of jazz, blues, rock, soul, and funk. When tragedy struck the group in 1993 with the sudden passing of group member Shortcutt, the group took a major dive. They group members were all childhood friends and with Shortcutt being considered the heart of the group his untimely passing sent them into a depressed state and had them contemplating not continuing making music. However knowing that Shortcutt would have not wanted any thing to stop their progress the group continued to do what they loved most.