FLINT, MI -- Even if you don't know Whodini by name, chances are you can still sing along with the Brooklyn hip-hop trio's major songs like "Friends," "The Freaks Come Out At Night," and "Five Minutes ...

Hip-hop just lost another figure this year with the death of John “Ecstasy” Fletcher of Whodini. Tributes are pouring in for the rapper who passed away at age 56. As a member of the pioneering group ...

He was, the executive who signed Whodini said, “truly one of the first rap stars” and a sex symbol “when they were very scarce in the early days of rap.” By Jon Caramanica See more of our coverage in ...