Mark Ross, aka Brother Marquis of Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, dead at 58

Rapper Brother Marquis of 2 Live Crew, real name Mark D. Ross, performs onstage as part of the 2016 “ Back to the 90’s” concert in Cedar Park, Texas. Mark D. Ross, the rapper best known as Brother Marquis of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died. “Mark Ross AKA Brother Marquis of the 2 Live crew has passed away,” the post said. The group, founded by Mr. Mixx, Fresh Kid Ice and Amazing Vee, became the first to receive a “Parental Advisory: Explicit Content” label on an album due to the sexually explicit lyrics on “Banned in the U.S.A.” Their 1989 song “Me So Horny” was their biggest hit, and the album, “As Nasty as They Wanna Be,” bore the notorious honor of being declared legally obscene in the U.S. by a federal judge a year later.