Terror Squad was an American hip-hop collective established in 1998. Based in the Bronx in New York City, the members of Terror Squad were first heard on member Fat Joe's albums Jealous One's Envy and Don Cartagena. Terror Squad released its debut album, Terror Squad: The Album, in 1999, with its first major hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", credited mostly to Big Pun, who died of a heart attack in 2000. After Big Pun's death, his longtime partners Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group and were subsequently replaced by Remy Martin (later known as Remy Ma) and Tony Sunshine. In 2004, their song "Lean Back" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
History
Joseph Cartagena aka Fat Joe and Felix Delgado aka Charlie Rock LD were founding members of the Terror Squad. In 1995, some of the members of Terror Squad debuted as a group on Fat Joe's album Jealous One's Envy, in addition to appearing on Big Pun's Capital Punishment and Joe's Don Cartagena LP. Terror Squad, in its debut album Terror Squad: The Album, consisted of rappers Fat Joe, Big Pun (Christopher Rios), Cuban Link (also named Felix Delgado), Prospect (Richard Perez), Armageddon (John Eaddy), and Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia).
As the group was on hiatus following Pun's death in 2000, most of its former members fell into obscurity. Founder Fat Joe would have the most successful solo career among all the former members. Apart from the three new members, DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre are retained as regular crew along with Tony Sunshine.
Members
- Fat Joe (Joe Cartagena)
- Big Pun (Christopher Rios) <small>(deceased)</small>
- Tony Sunshine (Antonio Cruz)
- Cuban Link (Felix Delgado)
- Armageddon (John Eaddy)
- Prospect (Richard Perez)
- Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia)
- Remy Ma (Reminisce Mackie)
- DJ Khaled (Khaled Mohamed Khaled)
- Charlie Rock LD (Felix Delgado) <small>(deceased)</small>
- Cool & Dre (Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Lyon)
Discography
Albums
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
!scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
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!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US R&B
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US R&B<br />
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!scope="row"| "Whatcha Gon' Do?"<br /><small>(performed by Big Pun)</small>
| 1999
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| —
| —
| —
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|rowspan="2"|Terror Squad: The Album
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!scope="row"| "Tell Me What U Want"<br /><small>(performed by Fat Joe, Armageddon, Cuban Link and Tony Sunshine)</small>
| 1999
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
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!scope="row"| "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"<br /><small>(performed by Remy Ma and Fat Joe)</small>
| 2004
| —
| 75
| —
| —
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|rowspan="3"|True Story
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!scope="row"| "Lean Back"<br /><small>(performed by Fat Joe and Remy Ma)</small>
| 2004
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 44
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- RIAA: Gold
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!scope="row"| "Take Me Home"<br /><small>(performed by Fat Joe, Dre, Remy Ma and Armageddon)</small>
| 2004
| 62
| 22
| 19
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|colspan="8" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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