Prince Whipper Whip is the stage name

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 of James Whipper, a Puerto Rican rapper from the Bronx

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. He was an original member of Grandwizard Theodore & the Fantastic Five

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Whipper Whip became one of the first hip hop

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 pioneers from New York City

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 to travel to the West Coast

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, where he performed with artists such as Afrika Islam

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 and influenced Latin rap pioneer Kid Frost.

Whipper Whip appears in the music video for Ice-T

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's 1988 hit "High Rollers" and has guest appearances on records by The Beatnuts

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, Brother Ali

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, De La Soul

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, DJ Z-Trip

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, O.G.Funk Billy Bass Nelson & the Funkadelicks.

He has four children and was to married to Kenyetta Whipper, a former dancer and current youth pastor

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