On April 29, 1986, pioneering Brooklyn rap trio Whodini released their third studio album, Back in Black, through Jive Records. Coming off the success of their gold-certified sophomore project Escape, ...

On this date in 1983, pioneering rap trio Whodini, who then was sans DJ Grandmaster D, released their self-titled debut album Whodini on the Jive Records imprint. Produced primarily by ...

Whodini's John "Ecstasy" Fletcher, center, at Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1986. (David Corio/Getty Images) John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, cofounder of the early New York hip-hop group Whodini, who used ...

“Ecstasy” was part of the Brooklyn rap trio Whodini! who had hits throughout the 1980s including Friends, The Freaks Come Out at Night, One Love, Five Minutes of Funk, Big Mouth and Funky Beat. The ...

John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, the co-founder of the pioneering rap group Whodini, has died, the group confirmed Wednesday. He was 56. Fletcher’s death was confirmed by group member Grand Master Dee, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, co-founder of the rap group Whodini, died Dec. 23. He was 56 years old. Fletcher founded New York ...

Hip hop legend John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher has passed away at 56. Pic credit: 1029KBLX/YouTube Rapper John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, one of the founding members of the pioneering hip-hop group Whodini, has ...

John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, co-founder of the rap group Whodini, died Dec. 23. He was 56 years old. Fletcher founded New York City-based Whodini in 1982 alongside deejay Drew Carter, better known as ...

John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, cofounder of the early New York hip-hop group Whodini, who used electro-funk and R&B influences to expand the new genre into a commercially potent force, died Wednesday at age ...

On December 23, relatives announced the death of John Fletcher, a leading member of the pioneering rap group Whodini. Fletcher, who went by the stage name “Ecstasy,” was 56 years old. The cause of ...