Editing Frost (rapper) (section)

== Career ==
In the mid-1980s, Frost released several pre-gangsta 12" singles on Los Angeles-based labels Electrobeat and Baja.<ref name="LarkinDM" /> In the late 1980s, Kid Frost moved to [[Virgin Records]].<ref name="LarkinDM" /> His biggest hit, "[[La Raza (song)|La Raza]]", from his debut album ''[[Hispanic Causing Panic]]'' (1990), combined [[East Los Angeles, California|East L.A.]]  elements and became an "East L.A. anthem."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Jonathan |date=August 20, 1990 |title=Weekend Reviews Kid Frost: Political Rap for Chicano Solidarity Pop music: His hit 'La Raza' is the first popular East L.A. anthem in years |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/281058443|id={{ProQuest|281058443}} }}</ref> ''Hispanic Causing Panic'' is credited as the first [[Chicano rap]] album,<ref name=mcfarland>{{Cite journal |last=McFarland |first=Pancho |author1-link=Pancho McFarland |date=2006 |title=Chicano Rap Roots: Black-Brown Cultural Exchange and the Making of a Genre |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4488380 |journal=Callaloo |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=939–955 |doi=10.1353/cal.2006.0150 |jstor=4488380 |s2cid=161769104 |issn=0161-2492}}</ref> and brought attention to Latin rappers on the West Coast.<ref name="frost">{{Cite web |url=http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2002/61/mcfarland.html |title=Bad Subjects Magazine – "Hyper-Masculine and Misogynist Violence in Mexican Rap" |access-date=2007-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225546/http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2002/61/mcfarland.html |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Frost also established a Latin rap [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] called Latin Alliance,<ref name="LarkinDM" /> which released their only album, ''[[Latin Alliance (album)|Latin Alliance]]'', in 1991. His second album, ''[[East Side Story (Kid Frost album)|East Side Story]]'' was released in 1992.<ref name="LarkinDM" />

In 1995, Frost dropped the "Kid" from his nickname and signed with [[Ruthless Records]], [[Eazy-E]]'s label (distributed by [[Relativity Records|Relativity]]).<ref name="LarkinDM" /> ''[[Smile Now, Die Later]]'' was released that year.<ref name="LarkinDM" /> [[Above the Law (group)|Above The Law]] were featured as guest rappers, alongside [[A.L.T.]], O.G.Enius and [[Kokane]]. [[Rick James]] also appeared on Frost's version of "Mary Jane". His second album for Ruthless, ''[[When Hell.A. Freezes Over|When Hell.A.Freezes Over]]'', was released in 1997. [[Ice-T]], Scoop, O.G.Enius and [[Domino (rapper)|Domino]] also appeared as guest rappers. In 1998, Frost collaborated with [[South Park Mexican]] in "''El Jugador"'' music video along with Low-G released by [[Dope House Records]] in the [[Power Moves: The Table]] album. Frost was also featured in the songs: Cali-Tex Connect, and West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast also from the [[Power Moves: The Table]] album.<ref>{{Citation|title=SPM – Power Moves The Table|year=1998 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3844286-SPM-Power-Moves-The-Table|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref>

In 1999, Frost moved to a small [[Independent record label|independent label]] called Celeb Entertainment Inc. His first album for Celeb Entertainment titled ''This Was Then This Is Now Vol. I'' was released in 1999. [[Kurupt]], [[King T]], [[Baby Bash]], [[Jay Tee]], [[Jayo Felony]], [[Xzibit]], [[B-Legit]] and [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] were featured on the CD. ''That Was Then This Is Now Vol. II'' was released in 2000. Frank V., Clika One, Jay Tee, Baby Bash and other guest rappers were also featured on the CD.

2002's ''[[Still Up in This Shit!|Still Up In This Shit!]]'', released by Hit-A-Lick and [[Koch Records]], featured more Latin rap style and [[g-funk]] tracks as well as a hidden bonus [[rock music|rock]] track titled "Cannabis". [[Mellow Man Ace]], [[Daz Dillinger]], [[Baby Bash]], [[A.L.T.]], Nino Brown, Don Cisco and other guest rappers appeared, and one track featured the group [[Tierra (band)|Tierra]].

In 2004 ''Welcome to Frost Angeles'' was released on [[Thump Records]], which was produced almost entirely by Frost and his son Scoop DeVille. Only the Intro is produced by Binky Womack, and Philly Blunt co-produced one track. Guest rappers included Cameosis, Genovese and Jay Tee. Frost again signed to Low Profile Records and released his album ''Till The Wheels Fall Off'' in 2006. It had various guest appearances which included Baby Bash, Scoop DeVille and Mr. Sancho.

Frost also performed music for films including "Bite the Bullet (Theme from Gunmen)" in the 1993 film ''Gunmen'' and "Tears Of A Mother" in the film ''No Mothers Crying, No Babies Dying'', which featured Ice-T.

Frost is also an actor, having his feature film debut in the movie Platinum Illusions.<ref name="thuglifearmy.com">{{Cite web |title=Hip Hop Notable Frost has Film Debut in Platinum Illusions |url=https://www.thuglifearmy.com/index.php/news/2028-hip-hop-notable-frost-has-film-debut-in-platinum-illusions.html |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.thuglifearmy.com}}</ref> He also provided the voice of fictional character T-Bone Mendez from ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' and contributed his song "[[La Raza (song)|La Raza]]" to the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GTA-SA|url=https://media-rockstargames-com.akamaized.net/rockstargames-newsite/img/manuals/en_au/GTASA_Xbox360_Manual_AU.PDF|website=Rockstar}}</ref>

He was named vice president of the Music Division of Goldmark Industries on August 30, 2006.<ref name="thuglifearmy.com"/> Frost also appeared in a cameo role in [[Snoop Dogg]]'s "[[Vato (song)|Vato]]" music video. In 2009 Frost collaborated with Serio on the song In L.A. from the album N.T.I.R. Part 2 The Revenge of Serio. He was also featured on the Frost and Serio Skit on the album.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/29712382-Serio-NTIR-Part-2-The-Revenge-Of-Serio|title=Serio|website=[[discogs]]|access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref>

In 2016, Frost announced he has been diagnosed with cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thesource.com/2016/03/02/kid-frost-announces-he-has-been-diagnosed-with-cancer/|title=Kid Frost Announces He Has Been Diagnosed With Cancer {{!}} The Source|last=Allah|first=Sha Be|date=March 2, 2016|work=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref>