Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group originally comprised 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 cultural South Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Original member Lee Smith, who has co-producer credit on the original 12 "South Bronx" single, was the first to be inexplicably jettisoned by KRS-One and the future new label after Scotts death. In the liner notes on BDP's 1992 album Sex and Violence, KRS-One writes: "BDP in 1992 is KRS-One, Willie D and Kenny Parker! BDP is not D-Nice, Jamal-ski, Harmony, Ms. Melodie and Scottie Morris. They are not down with BDP so stop frontin'." Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews.com claims that this initiated the ultimate breakup of BDP.