A veteran of the game since the late 1980s and a member of the legendary Juice Crew, Masta Ace spawned many of the slangs and techniques employed by today’s big names, including Eminem. Ace has been Sittin’ on Chromes way before twinkies became a hip-hop trend, long before the ability to use "chrome" in a rhyme became a prerequisite for scoring a major label deal. Yet, for some reason, this no-nonsense wordsmith is constantly overlooked by a big swath of the hip-hop community.
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