MC Trouble
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LaTasha Sheron Rogers better known as MC Trouble, was a rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist, and the first female rapper signed to Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

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MC Trouble had a minor hit with the song "(I Wanna) Make You Mine" featuring labelmates The Good Girls
The Good Girls
The Good Girls was a female R&B trio from Los Angeles, California that emerged in the late 1980s; composed of Shireen Crutchfield, Joyce Tolbert, and DeMonica Santiago.-Career:...

 released May 25, 1990. "Make You Mine" peaked at #15 on the Billboard Magazine's Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs
Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...

 charts. The title track of her debut album Gotta Get A Grip was released as a second single on September 14, 1990. Gotta Get A Grip showed promise as a mix of hardcore rap and more commercial R&B.

In 1991, she was in production for her second album but unfortunately, Trouble died in her sleep on June 4, 1991 while at the home of a friend in Los Angeles shortly after suffering an epileptic seizure brought on by complications from a preexisting brain tumor which resulted in heart failure. The posthumous single "Big Ole Jazz" was released in 1992 and appeared on the House Party 2
House Party 2
House Party 2, the sequel to the 1990 film House Party, was released in 1991 by New Line Cinema. The sequel returns most of the cast of the first movie along with new cast members such as Queen Latifah and Iman. The second installment includes more guest appearances from other famous entertainers...

soundtrack resulted in a second & final hit on Billboard's rap singles chart.

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