Murda Mook

Johnathan Ancrum, better known by his stage names Murda Mook or Mook, is an American rapper based out of Harlem, NY.

He has been known as a veteran in East-Coast street rap battles, and has influenced the majority of modern battle rappers today. Alongside Troy 'Smack White' Mitchell, he grew heavily in popularity among fans of street Hip-Hop DVD's due to his delivery, crowd control, bars and consistency. He is a founding member of the Harlem-based rap group, Dot Mob consisting of Mook, his cousin T-Rex and Dutch Brown, affiliated with A&R Louie Da 13th.. Former members included NymLo (known as NymDot at the time) and K-Shine. Associates include Watts rapper Daylyt, Pittsburgh rapper Real Deal, Baltimore rapper Tay Roc & hype-man/producer Sho Gotti etc.

Career

Murda Mook began his career as a battle rapper, facing well known Harlem rappers such as T-Rex and Loaded Lux. His breakthrough performance was featured on a 2002 S.M.A.C.K. DVD against Jae Millz who had recently just battled E. Ness and was broadcast on MTV's Making the Band. The clash combination of these two rappers, both with growing followings at the time, resulted in one of the most influential rap battles of all time. He later on went to face other rappers such as Party Arty, Serius Jones, and Philly-native Young Hot in 2008. This was due to his original opponent Cassidy backing out. Murda Mook is currently considered a living 'legend' in the modern-battle rap world, having influenced almost all of the Ultimate Rap League. Outside of S.M.A.C.K. he also made a brief appearance on MTV2's Monday Night Fight Klub where he battled against up and coming rappers such as Verse, Cardi aka. Deuce One and most notably an infamous battle against French Montana who went under the name Young French at the time. His most recent battle was a rematch against Loaded Lux on fuse TV's Total Slaughter battle event. Mook had also called out Drake to a rap battle at a URL event infamously as well. However, the two have claimed to have no problems with each other.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

His debut album "Murder He Wrote" was released under Black Face Ent. in late 2007. While he has constantly released and been featured on many New York mixtapes since.

In 2011, Mook signed to Ruff Ryders and recorded the anthem 'You Know (Ruff Ryders Anthem 11'), however after the record label became Independent, Mook's music did not see a release. Instead, Mook resigned to Busta Rhymes Conglomerate Record label in 2016. His future album is still in the works, however he was involved with a new Dot Mob mixtape titled 'Voices' in 2016, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid.^[8]

In 2012, Mook appeared on the Ruff Ryders Cypher of the BET Hip Hop Awards.

Discography

Albums

• - Murda He Wrote (2007)

Mixtapes

• - Voices w/ Dot Mob (2016)
• - Eazy Does It (2014)
• - Street Smart (2012)
• - Countdown to Murda (2010)

Singles

• - Preach (2012)
• - You Know (2011)
• - Tech 9 w/ Remy Ma & T-Rex (2007)

References