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{{short description|American hip hop group}}
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{{other uses|Onyx (disambiguation)}}
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| origin = New York City, U.S.
| origin = [[Queens]], [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre = [[Hardcore hip hop]]<ref name=allmusic />
| genre = {{hlist|[[East Coast hip hop]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]<ref name=allmusic />
| years_active = {{Start date|1988}}–present<ref name=allmusic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/onyx-mn0000889411/biography|title=Onyx – Biography on AllMusic|website=allmusic.com|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
| years_active = {{Start date|1988}}–present<ref name=allmusic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/onyx-mn0000889411/biography|title=Onyx – Biography on AllMusic|website=allmusic.com|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
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*[[JMJ Records|Jam Master Jay]]
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*[[Rush Associated Labels|Rush]]
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*[[Koch Records|Koch]]
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| website = {{url|onyxhq.com}}
| associated_acts = [[Jam Master Jay]], [[Snowgoons]]
| current_members = [[Fredro Starr]]<br>[[Sticky Fingaz]]
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| website = {{url|onyxdomain.com}}<br />{{url|onyxhq.com}}
| current_members = [[Fredro Starr]]<br>[[Sticky Fingaz]]
| past_members = [[Big DS]] <small> </small><br>[[Sonny Seeza]]
| past_members = [[Big DS]] (deceased)<br>[[Sonny Seeza]]
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'''Onyx''' is an American [[hardcore hip hop]] group from [[South Jamaica, Queens]], New York City, formed in 1988 by [[Fredro Starr]], Suavé (also known as [[Sonny Seeza]]) and the late [[Big DS]]. [[Sticky Fingaz]] joined the group in 1991.
'''Onyx''' is an American [[hardcore hip hop]] group from New York City, formed in 1988 by [[Fredro Starr]], Suavé (also known as [[Sonny Seeza]]) and the late [[Big DS]]. [[Sticky Fingaz]] joined the group in 1991.


They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]",<ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Onyx|title=Slam}}</ref> which ''[[The Source]]'' magazine described as a song that introduce the art of [[slam dancing]] into hip-hop.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wordtothemother.tumblr.com/image/69148542194 |title=The Source Magazine, Issue #44 [May, 1993]| website=wordtothemother.tumblr.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart Top 25. Their debut album, ''[[Bacdafucup]]'', has been certified platinum,<ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Onyx|title=Bacdafucup}}</ref> won Best Rap Album at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]] and was selected as one of ''The Source'' magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm|title=The Source – 100 Best Rap Albums|website=rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]",<ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Onyx|title=Slam}}</ref> which ''[[The Source]]'' magazine described as a song that introduced the art of [[slam dancing]] into hip-hop.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wordtothemother.tumblr.com/image/69148542194 |title=The Source Magazine, Issue #44 [May, 1993]| website=wordtothemother.tumblr.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart Top 25. Their debut album, ''[[Bacdafucup]]'', has been certified platinum,<ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Onyx|title=Bacdafucup}}</ref> won Best Rap Album at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]] and was selected as one of ''The Source'' magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm|title=The Source – 100 Best Rap Albums|website=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807103112/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>


They are also notable for their style: loud screaming, aggression, fighting with each other, [[stage diving]], throwing water, rapping with grimy voices, and bald head fashion.<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=i2Mw9RthEr0C&pg=PA181|title=I Am Hip-Hop – Conversations on the Music and Culture (by Andrew J. Rausch) (April 1, 2011) – page 181|isbn=978-0-8108-7792-4| via=Google Books |access-date=March 7, 2020|last1=Rausch|first1=Andrew J.|date=April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/fingaz08.html |title=Sticky Fingaz – RapReviews.com Featured Interview (by Adam Bernard) [June 24, 2008]| website=stickyfingaz.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19930712-1993-07-12-9307120168-story.html |title=NO-COMB DOMES – Daily Press (by GLENN GASLIN Daily Press) (July 12, 1993)| website=dailypress.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-09-19-9309130471-story.html |title=To Baldly Go... (by Rod Stafford Hagwood) (September 19, 1993)| website=sun-sentinel.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA154|title= VIBE magazine (April, 1998) – page 154|date= April 1998| via=Google Books |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hiphopnostalgia.com/2015/11/onyx-all-we-got-iz-us-source-1195.html|title=Onyx "All We Got Iz Us" (The Source, 11/95)| website=hiphopnostalgia.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
They have been quoted as describing their style as loud screaming, aggression, fighting with each other, [[stage diving]], throwing water, rapping with grimy voices, and bald head fashion.<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=i2Mw9RthEr0C&pg=PA181|title=I Am Hip-Hop – Conversations on the Music and Culture (by Andrew J. Rausch) (April 1, 2011) – page 181|isbn=978-0-8108-7792-4| via=Google Books |access-date=March 7, 2020|last1=Rausch|first1=Andrew J.|date=April 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/fingaz08.html |title=Sticky Fingaz – RapReviews.com Featured Interview (by Adam Bernard) [June 24, 2008]| website=stickyfingaz.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19930712-1993-07-12-9307120168-story.html |title=NO-COMB DOMES – Daily Press (by GLENN GASLIN Daily Press) (July 12, 1993)| website=dailypress.com |date=July 12, 1993 |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-09-19-9309130471-story.html |title=To Baldly Go... (by Rod Stafford Hagwood) (September 19, 1993)| website=sun-sentinel.com |date=September 19, 1993 |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA154|title= VIBE magazine (April, 1998) – page 154|date= April 1998| via=Google Books |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hiphopnostalgia.com/2015/11/onyx-all-we-got-iz-us-source-1195.html|title=Onyx "All We Got Iz Us" (The Source, 11/95)| website=hiphopnostalgia.com |access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Onyx was formed in 1988 by schoolmates [[Fredro Starr]], [[Sonny Seeza]], and [[Big DS]]. They decided to name the band after the [[onyx]] stone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSbl8WG4E_c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HSbl8WG4E_c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=ONYX – Interview on Kanal 4's Keynote with Trini Trimpop (Germany) (1993) (with Russian Subtitles) – 2:18|website=youtube.com |access-date=August 2, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band began recording their first demos in the basement of B-Wiz with drum machine beats from an [[SP-12]].<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303|title=Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (by Brian Coleman) – page 305|isbn=978-0-307-49442-9|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074043/https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303&hl=ru&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Coleman|first1=Brian|date=March 12, 2009}}</ref> In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a contract with the label [[Profile Records]]. On April 25, 1990, the group released their first single, ''[[Ah, And We Do It Like This]]'', to low sales.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/10/17/235486095/the-year-onyxs-slam-crashed-pop-radio|title=The Year Onyx's 'Slam' Crashed Pop Radio|website=npr.org|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093541/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/10/17/235486095/the-year-onyxs-slam-crashed-pop-radio|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ONYX: Mad Men">{{Cite web|url=https://arena.com/article/onyx-mad-men|title=ONYX: Mad Men|website=arena.com|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093232/https://arena.com/article/onyx-mad-men|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 13, 1991, while in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival, the band members met music producer [[Jam Master Jay]],<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiM_tgCJhgw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PiM_tgCJhgw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sonny Seeza Explains Why You Don't See Him With ONYX That Much Anymore| website=youtube.com |access-date=September 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwNh52K3u34 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/EwNh52K3u34 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Fredro Starr talks Onyx, Jam Master J & Signing to Def Jam Records| website=youtube.com |access-date=September 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> who agreed to give them two months to submit a demo to his record company. When the deadline came, Seeza and Big DS couldn't make it to the studio to record the demo,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303|title=Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (by Brian Coleman) – page 305|isbn=978-0-307-49442-9|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074043/https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303&hl=ru&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Coleman|first1=Brian|date=March 12, 2009}}</ref> so Jeffrey Harris, the manager of Onyx, asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, [[Sticky Fingaz|Kirk Jones]], who at the time was doing a solo career under the name Trop. Fredro and Jones recorded two records for the demo, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise".<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=i2Mw9RthEr0C&pg=PA179|title=I Am Hip-Hop – Conversations on the Music and Culture (by Andrew J. Rausch) (April 1, 2011) – page 179|isbn=978-0-8108-7792-4|access-date=October 24, 2018|last1=Rausch|first1=Andrew J.|date=April 2011}}</ref> The demo were accepted by Jam Master Jay, who signed the band to his record label, [[Jam Master Jay Records]]. Jones subsequently joined the band with the stage name Sticky Fingaz. In 1991 the band lost all of its records when its music producer, B-Wiz, was killed while selling cocaine in [[Baltimore]].<ref name="ONYX: Mad Men" /> Later that year, Onyx hired [[Chyskillz]] as its new music producer.<ref name="books.google.com" />
Onyx was formed in 1988 by schoolmates [[Fredro Starr]], [[Sonny Seeza]], and [[Big DS]]. They decided to name the band after the [[onyx]] stone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSbl8WG4E_c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HSbl8WG4E_c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=ONYX – Interview on Kanal 4's Keynote with Trini Trimpop (Germany) (1993) (with Russian Subtitles) – 2:18|website=youtube.com |date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=August 2, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band began recording their first demos in the basement of B-Wiz with drum machine beats from an [[SP-12]].<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303|title=Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (by Brian Coleman) – page 305|isbn=978-0-307-49442-9|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074043/https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303&hl=ru&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Coleman|first1=Brian|date=March 12, 2009|publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref> In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a contract with the label [[Profile Records]]. On April 25, 1990, the group released their first single, ''[[Ah, And We Do It Like This]]'', to low sales.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/10/17/235486095/the-year-onyxs-slam-crashed-pop-radio|title=The Year Onyx's 'Slam' Crashed Pop Radio|website=npr.org|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093541/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/10/17/235486095/the-year-onyxs-slam-crashed-pop-radio|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ONYX: Mad Men">{{Cite web|url=https://arena.com/article/onyx-mad-men|title=ONYX: Mad Men|website=arena.com|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093232/https://arena.com/article/onyx-mad-men|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


On July 13, 1991, while in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival, the band members met music producer [[Jam Master Jay]],<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiM_tgCJhgw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PiM_tgCJhgw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sonny Seeza Explains Why You Don't See Him With ONYX That Much Anymore| website=youtube.com |date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwNh52K3u34 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/EwNh52K3u34 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Fredro Starr talks Onyx, Jam Master J & Signing to Def Jam Records| website=youtube.com |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=September 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> who agreed to give them two months to submit a demo to his record company. When the deadline came, Seeza and Big DS couldn't make it to the studio to record the demo,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303|title=Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (by Brian Coleman) – page 305|isbn=978-0-307-49442-9|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074043/https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA303&hl=ru&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Coleman|first1=Brian|date=March 12, 2009|publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref> so Jeffrey Harris, the manager of Onyx, asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, [[Sticky Fingaz|Kirk Jones]], who at the time was doing a solo career under the name Trop. Fredro and Jones recorded two records for the demo, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise".<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=i2Mw9RthEr0C&pg=PA179|title=I Am Hip-Hop – Conversations on the Music and Culture (by Andrew J. Rausch) (April 1, 2011) – page 179|isbn=978-0-8108-7792-4|access-date=October 24, 2018|last1=Rausch|first1=Andrew J.|date=April 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref>
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In 1993, Onyx released their debut album, entitled ''[[Bacdafucup]]''. The album proved to be successful, receiving a [[platinum certification]] from the [[RIAA]] and peaked at #10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the group's highest debut at that point. In 1998, the album was selected as one of [[The Source]]'s ''100 Best Albums''. Three of the album's songs reached the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]]; "[[Throw Ya Gunz]]", "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]", and "[[Shiftee]]". Their breakout single, "Slam", was aired on [[MTV]] and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], causing the song to reach #4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. "Slam" was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 10, 1993. In 1994, Big DS left the group to start a solo career, producing music under his own record label called Illyotic Music. In 1995 Onyx released its second album, ''[[All We Got Iz Us]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2017/05/hhc-1995-onyx-bald-in-uza.html|title=HHC 1995 : ONYX – Bald In The UZA – page 41|website=hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com|date=May 20, 2017|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044420/https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2017/05/hhc-1995-onyx-bald-in-uza.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and founded its own record label, Armee Records, distributed through [[MCA Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/19923-Armee-Records|title=Armee Records|website=discogs.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702035438/https://www.discogs.com/label/19923-Armee-Records|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Through its record label, the band produced music by Gang Green, [[All City (rap group)|All City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/175462-All-City|title=All City on Discogs|website=discogs.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011706/https://www.discogs.com/artist/175462-All-City|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Panama P.I., and Choclatt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/151080/onyx|title=ONYX – RADIO'S SCARED CUZ THE SHITS TOO ILL FOR THEM. BUT WE GOT A PLAN B. LOOK OUT FOR IT.|website=mtv.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064505/http://www.mtv.com/news/151080/onyx/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 1995 [[Marvel Music]], a short-lived imprint of [[Marvel Comics]], released a comic book based on the band called "Onyx: Fight!". Written by Karl Bollers and drawn by Larry Lee, the comic depicted a [[post-apocalyptic]] New York City where Onyx forms an underground rebellion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/03/marvel-music-rock-comics-revolution-1994-billy-ray-cyrus-onyx/|title=Marvel Music's Strange, Brief, and Totally Doomed Rock-Comics Revolution|website=spin.com|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122013107/https://www.spin.com/2014/03/marvel-music-rock-comics-revolution-1994-billy-ray-cyrus-onyx/|archive-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998 the band released their third album ''[[Shut 'Em Down (album)|Shut 'Em Down]]'', which featured appearances from other bands, including [[X1 (rapper)|X-1]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[50 Cent]], All City, [[Mr. Cheeks]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[N.O.R.E.]], and [[Big Pun]]. Produced by Keith Horne, Self, and others, the album peaked at #10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 500,000 units.<ref name="In the Arms of Baby Hop">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UTG4U13Hb4C&pg=PA271|title=In the Arms of Baby Hop (by Kenneth Attaway) – page 271|isbn=978-1-4259-7106-9|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902012137/https://books.google.com/books?id=5UTG4U13Hb4C&pg=PA271|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Attaway|first1=Kenneth|date=October 2006}}</ref> Three of the album's songs reached the ''Billboard'' charts; [[The Worst (Wu-Tang Clan and Onyx song)|The Worst]], [[Shut 'Em Down (Onyx song)|Shut 'Em Down]], and [[React (Onyx song)|React]]. ''Shut 'Em Down'' was Onyx's last album on the [[Def Jam Recordings]] label.<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=sd17UkOacxgC&hl=ru&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA272|title=Def Jam, Inc., Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Inf (by Stacy Gueraseva) – page 272| website=play.google.com |date=March 30, 2011|publisher=Random House Publishing|isbn=9780307520395|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>


The demo were accepted by Jam Master Jay, who signed the band to his record label, [[Jam Master Jay Records]]. Jones subsequently joined the band with the stage name Sticky Fingaz. In 1991 the band lost all of its records when its music producer, B-Wiz, was killed while selling cocaine in [[Baltimore]].<ref name="ONYX: Mad Men" /> Later that year, Onyx hired [[Chyskillz]] as its new music producer.<ref name="books.google.com" />
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In 2001, Onyx released their fourth album, ''[[Bacdafucup Part II]]'', through [[Koch Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/black-metal-yoga-and-black-metal-brunch-bring-the-genre-into-the-lifestyle-events-arena-9720335|title=The Top 20 Rap Album Sequels of All Time|website=laweekly.com|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815232847/https://www.laweekly.com/music/black-metal-yoga-and-black-metal-brunch-bring-the-genre-into-the-lifestyle-events-arena-9720335|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Produced by Davinci, DR Period, and others, the album included twelve new tracks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_07_bacup2.html|title=Onyx :: Bacdafucup Part II (Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon)|website=rapreviews.com|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818085940/http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_07_bacup2.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> including "Feel Me", which was recorded on the night of September 11, 2001, and was dedicated to the events that had happened that day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/stickyfingaz.shtml|title=Sticky Fingaz (Onyx) – conducted by Todd E. Jones|website=mvremix.com|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816025630/http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/stickyfingaz.shtml|archive-date=August 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003 Onyx released their fifth album, ''[[Triggernometry]]'', consisting of ten new tracks, with eleven stories from the lives the group's members in between the tracks. On May 22, 2003, former Onyx member Big DS died in a hospital in Queens, New York at the age of 31 after receiving chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1764/title.onyx-member-loses-cancer-battle#signup|title=Onyx Member Loses Cancer Battle|website=hiphopdx.com|date=May 28, 2003|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062243/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1764/title.onyx-member-loses-cancer-battle#signup|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/onyx/news/founding-onyx-member-dead-after-cancer-battle|title=Hip-Hop Band Founder Big DS Passes Away From Cancer|website=contactmusic.com|date=May 28, 2003|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062329/http://www.contactmusic.com/onyx/news/founding-onyx-member-dead-after-cancer-battle|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHwZJKmu6Ek |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FHwZJKmu6Ek |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Onyx on Losing Former Member Big DS to Cancer at 31, X1 Committing Suicide (Part 11)| website=youtube.com |access-date=July 30, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Onyx released a sixteen-track collection of previously unreleased songs ''[[Cold Case Files (album)|Cold Case Files]]'' through ''Iceman Music Group'' on August 19, 2008. The collection features underground singles, lost studio recordings from the group's first three albums, and appearances from Method Man, deceased Onyx affiliate [[X1 (rapper)|X1]], and Gang Green.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vibesource.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/onyx-to-make-a-comeback-with-new-album-cold-case-files|title=Onyx To Make A Comeback With New Album "Cold Case Files"|website=vibesource.wordpress.com|date=July 16, 2008|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093514/https://vibesource.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/onyx-to-make-a-comeback-with-new-album-cold-case-files/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riotsound.com/interview/onyx|title=Onyx Interview: Return Of The Madface|website=riotsound.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050325/http://riotsound.com/interview/onyx/|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickmag.net/2008/07/05/onyx-cold-case-files-unsolved-murder|title=Onyx: Cold Case Files Unsolved Murder (by BLAKCITRUS) [July 5, 2008]|website=kickmag.net|date=July 5, 2008|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810152213/http://www.kickmag.net/2008/07/05/onyx-cold-case-files-unsolved-murder/|archive-date=August 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, Onyx was planning to release an album called ''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'', but postponed its release due to the release of another rap album called "[[Blakroc]]". The same year, Sonny Seeza left the band to begin a solo career.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNeUS74gMSM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/QNeUS74gMSM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sonny Seeza responds to being kicked out of platinum rap group Onyx|website=youtube.com |access-date=July 29, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On October 31, 2012, after having returned from an overseas tour, Onyx released the first track of their upcoming album ''CUZO'' on [[YouTube]].<ref>[http://musikreform.com/blog4/2012/11/03/onyx-cuzo-belly-of-the-beast/ Onyx "Cuzo" – Belly Of The Beast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212522/http://musikreform.com/blog4/2012/11/03/onyx-cuzo-belly-of-the-beast/ |date=March 3, 2016 }}. Musikreform.com (November 3, 2012). Retrieved on 2012-12-20.</ref> Despite announcing that the ''CUZO'' album would be released on September 5, 2013, it was never released. In August 2012, Onyx released their second compilation album, titled ''[[Cold Case Files Vol. 2 (album)|Cold Case Files Vol. 2]]''.


In 1993, Onyx released their debut album, entitled ''[[Bacdafucup]]''. The album proved to be successful, receiving a [[platinum certification]] from the [[RIAA]] and peaked at #10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the group's highest debut at that point. In 1998, the album was selected as one of [[The Source]]'s ''100 Best Albums''. Three of the album's songs reached the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]]; "[[Throw Ya Gunz]]", "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]", and "[[Shiftee]]". Their breakout single, "Slam", was aired on [[MTV]] and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], causing the song to reach #4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. "Slam" was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 10, 1993. In 1994, Big DS left the group to start a solo career, producing music under his own record label called Illyotic Music.
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On March 18, 2014, Onyx released their first album in over a decade, called ''[[Wakedafucup]]''. Released through ''Goon MuSick'', the album is entirely produced by [[Snowgoons]]. The album features guest appearances from [[Sean Price]], [[Papoose (rapper)|Papoose]], [[Cormega]], [[Reks]], [[Snak the Ripper]], and [[ASAP Ferg]]. ''WakeDaFucUp'' was named by ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014.<ref name=xxl>[http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5/ The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2014 (So Far)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706122255/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5/ |date=July 6, 2014 }}. XXLMag.com (June 30, 2014). Retrieved on 2014-06-30.</ref> In 2014, X-Ray Records (a division of [[Cleopatra Records]]) released a compilation of Onyx's unreleased songs called ''#TURNDAFUCUP''. The collection mainly contained songs from the unreleased album ''CUZO'', in addition to modern trap style [[remix]]es of several of their older songs. It featured guest appearances by [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Raekwon]], Myster DL, [[Ras Kass]], and [[Ill Bill]]. In 2015, Onyx released ''[[Against All Authorities]]'', a six track EP protesting racial injustice and police brutality in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/onyx-against-all-authorities-review|title=Onyx-Against All Authorities Review|website=escobar300.wordpress.com|date=June 27, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143308/https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/onyx-against-all-authorities-review/|archive-date=August 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The EP was produced by Canadian producer Scopic and features appearances by Sick Flo, [[Ras Kass]], Jasia'n, and Canadian rapper Merkules. Later that year, [[Def Jam]] released an eleven-track compilation of Onyx's classic songs called ''ICON''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/icon-mw0002870494|title=Onyx – ICON|website=allmusic.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916061836/https://www.allmusic.com/album/icon-mw0002870494|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 22, 2015, [[Snowgoons]] attempted to raise funds on [[Kickstarter]] for a new project called ''Onyx vs. M.O.P.'', planned to be a new collaboration album that would have been released in spring of the next year. Because the project only received $10,000 out of its $30,000 goal, it was canceled on December 18, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233663587/onyx-vs-mop-album-produced-by-snowgoons?ref=project_tweet|title=Onyx vs. M.O.P. Album produced by Snowgoons (Canceled)|website=kickstarter.com|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916060037/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233663587/onyx-vs-mop-album-produced-by-snowgoons?ref=project_tweet|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Onyx collaborated with the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] hardcore hip hop group Dope D.O.D. to release the collaboration album ''[[Shotgunz In Hell]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backspin.de/studiobesuch-mit-dope-dod|title=Studiobesuch in den Niederlanden – Dope D.O.D. über Onyx, "Shotgunz in Hell" und kommende Projekte (June 26, 2017)|website=backspin.de|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101902/https://www.backspin.de/studiobesuch-mit-dope-dod|archive-date=August 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The album features appearances by Sick Flo, [[Snak the Ripper]], Dopey Rotten, and DJ Nelson.


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In 1995 Onyx released its second album, ''[[All We Got Iz Us]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2017/05/hhc-1995-onyx-bald-in-uza.html|title=HHC 1995 : ONYX – Bald In The UZA – page 41|website=hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com|date=May 20, 2017|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044420/https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2017/05/hhc-1995-onyx-bald-in-uza.html|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and founded its own record label, Armee Records, distributed through [[MCA Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/19923-Armee-Records|title=Armee Records|website=discogs.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702035438/https://www.discogs.com/label/19923-Armee-Records|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Through its record label, the band produced music by Gang Green, [[All City (rap group)|All City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/175462-All-City|title=All City on Discogs|website=discogs.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011706/https://www.discogs.com/artist/175462-All-City|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Panama P.I., and Choclatt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/151080/onyx|title=ONYX – RADIO'S SCARED CUZ THE SHITS TOO ILL FOR THEM. BUT WE GOT A PLAN B. LOOK OUT FOR IT.|website=mtv.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064505/http://www.mtv.com/news/151080/onyx/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 1995 [[Marvel Music]], a short-lived imprint of [[Marvel Comics]], released a comic book based on the band called "Onyx: Fight!". Written by Karl Bollers and drawn by Larry Lee, the comic depicted a [[post-apocalyptic]] New York City where Onyx forms an underground rebellion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/03/marvel-music-rock-comics-revolution-1994-billy-ray-cyrus-onyx/|title=Marvel Music's Strange, Brief, and Totally Doomed Rock-Comics Revolution|website=spin.com|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122013107/https://www.spin.com/2014/03/marvel-music-rock-comics-revolution-1994-billy-ray-cyrus-onyx/|archive-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 2018, Onyx released ''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'',<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/02/onyx-black-rock-album/|title=ONYX RETURN ON 'BLACK ROCK' ALBUM (by C. Vernon Coleman II) (February 18, 2018)| website=xxlmag.com |access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> which was produced by Onyx and Slovenian producer Kid AC.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/01/onyx-ima-fuckin-rockstar-skyzoo-black-rock-album/|title=ONYX DROP NEW SONG "I'MA F**KIN ROCKSTAR" WITH SKYZOO, PREP NEW 'BLACK ROCK' ALBUM (by Peter A. Berry) (January 30, 2018)| website=xxlmag.com |access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>


In 1998 the band released their third album ''[[Shut 'Em Down (album)|Shut 'Em Down]]'', which featured appearances from other bands, including [[X1 (rapper)|X-1]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[50 Cent]], All City, [[Mr. Cheeks]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[N.O.R.E.]], and [[Big Pun]]. Produced by Keith Horne, Self, and others, the album peaked at #10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 500,000 units.<ref name="In the Arms of Baby Hop">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UTG4U13Hb4C&pg=PA271|title=In the Arms of Baby Hop (by Kenneth Attaway) – page 271|isbn=978-1-4259-7106-9|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902012137/https://books.google.com/books?id=5UTG4U13Hb4C&pg=PA271|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live|last1=Attaway|first1=Kenneth|date=October 2006|publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref> Three of the album's songs reached the ''Billboard'' charts; [[The Worst (Wu-Tang Clan and Onyx song)|The Worst]], [[Shut 'Em Down (Onyx song)|Shut 'Em Down]], and [[React (Onyx song)|React]]. ''Shut 'Em Down'' was Onyx's last album on the [[Def Jam Recordings]] label.<ref>{{Cite book| url= https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=sd17UkOacxgC&hl=ru&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA272|title=Def Jam, Inc., Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Inf (by Stacy Gueraseva) – page 272| website=play.google.com |date=March 30, 2011|publisher=Random House Publishing|isbn=9780307520395|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>
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On May 31, 2019, the album "100 Mad" was released, the title referring to Onyx's artist collective. Production on the album included [[Snowgoons]] and [[The Alchemist (musician)|The Alchemist]], and guest vocalists included [[Conway The Machine]], Tha God Fahim, Jay Nice, [[Planet Asia]], [[Termanology]] and more.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://onyxhq.bandcamp.com/album/100-mad|title=100 MAD, by Onyx|website=Onyx|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>

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In 2001, Onyx released their fourth album, ''[[Bacdafucup Part II]]'', through [[Koch Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/black-metal-yoga-and-black-metal-brunch-bring-the-genre-into-the-lifestyle-events-arena-9720335|title=The Top 20 Rap Album Sequels of All Time|website=laweekly.com|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815232847/https://www.laweekly.com/music/black-metal-yoga-and-black-metal-brunch-bring-the-genre-into-the-lifestyle-events-arena-9720335|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Produced by Davinci, DR Period, and others, the album included twelve new tracks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_07_bacup2.html|title=Onyx :: Bacdafucup Part II (Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon)|website=rapreviews.com|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818085940/http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_07_bacup2.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> including "Feel Me", which was recorded on the night of September 11, 2001, and was dedicated to the events that had happened that day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/stickyfingaz.shtml|title=Sticky Fingaz (Onyx) – conducted by Todd E. Jones|website=mvremix.com|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816025630/http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/stickyfingaz.shtml|archive-date=August 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003 Onyx released their fifth album, ''[[Triggernometry (album)|Triggernometry]]'', consisting of ten new tracks, with eleven stories from the lives the group's members in between the tracks. On May 22, 2003, former Onyx member Big DS died in a hospital in Queens, New York at the age of 31 after receiving chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1764/title.onyx-member-loses-cancer-battle#signup|title=Onyx Member Loses Cancer Battle|website=hiphopdx.com|date=May 28, 2003|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062243/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1764/title.onyx-member-loses-cancer-battle#signup|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/onyx/news/founding-onyx-member-dead-after-cancer-battle|title=Hip-Hop Band Founder Big DS Passes Away From Cancer|website=contactmusic.com|date=May 28, 2003|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062329/http://www.contactmusic.com/onyx/news/founding-onyx-member-dead-after-cancer-battle|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHwZJKmu6Ek |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FHwZJKmu6Ek |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Onyx on Losing Former Member Big DS to Cancer at 31, X1 Committing Suicide (Part 11)| website=youtube.com |date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Onyx released a sixteen-track collection of previously unreleased songs ''[[Cold Case Files (album)|Cold Case Files]]'' through ''Iceman Music Group'' on August 19, 2008. The collection features underground singles, lost studio recordings from the group's first three albums, and appearances from Method Man, deceased Onyx affiliate [[X1 (rapper)|X1]], and Gang Green.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vibesource.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/onyx-to-make-a-comeback-with-new-album-cold-case-files|title=Onyx To Make A Comeback With New Album "Cold Case Files"|website=vibesource.wordpress.com|date=July 16, 2008|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093514/https://vibesource.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/onyx-to-make-a-comeback-with-new-album-cold-case-files/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riotsound.com/interview/onyx|title=Onyx Interview: Return Of The Madface|website=riotsound.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050325/http://riotsound.com/interview/onyx/|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickmag.net/2008/07/05/onyx-cold-case-files-unsolved-murder|title=Onyx: Cold Case Files Unsolved Murder (by BLAKCITRUS) [July 5, 2008]|website=kickmag.net|date=July 5, 2008|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810152213/http://www.kickmag.net/2008/07/05/onyx-cold-case-files-unsolved-murder/|archive-date=August 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Onyx was planning to release an album called ''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'', but postponed its release due to the release of another rap album called "[[Blakroc]]". The same year, Sonny Seeza left the band to begin a solo career.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNeUS74gMSM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/QNeUS74gMSM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sonny Seeza responds to being kicked out of platinum rap group Onyx|website=youtube.com |date=March 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On October 31, 2012, after having returned from an overseas tour, Onyx released the first track of their upcoming album ''CUZO'' on [[YouTube]].<ref>[http://musikreform.com/blog4/2012/11/03/onyx-cuzo-belly-of-the-beast/ Onyx "Cuzo" – Belly Of The Beast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212522/http://musikreform.com/blog4/2012/11/03/onyx-cuzo-belly-of-the-beast/ |date=March 3, 2016 }}. Musikreform.com (November 3, 2012). Retrieved on 2012-12-20.</ref> Despite announcing that the ''CUZO'' album would be released on September 5, 2013, it was never released. In August 2012, Onyx released their second compilation album, titled ''[[Cold Case Files Vol. 2 (album)|Cold Case Files Vol. 2]]''.

On March 18, 2014, Onyx released their first album in over a decade, called ''[[Wakedafucup]]''. Released through ''Goon MuSick'', the album is entirely produced by [[Snowgoons]]. The album features guest appearances from [[Sean Price]], [[Papoose (rapper)|Papoose]], [[Cormega]], [[Reks]], [[Snak the Ripper]], and [[ASAP Ferg]]. ''WakeDaFucUp'' was named by ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014.<ref name=xxl>[http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5/ The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2014 (So Far)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706122255/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5/ |date=July 6, 2014 }}. XXLMag.com (June 30, 2014). Retrieved on 2014-06-30.</ref> In 2014, X-Ray Records, a division of [[Cleopatra Records]], released a compilation of Onyx's unreleased songs called ''#TURNDAFUCUP''. The collection mainly contained songs from the unreleased album ''CUZO'', in addition to modern trap style [[remix]]es of several of their older songs. It featured guest appearances by [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Raekwon]], Myster DL, [[Ras Kass]], and [[Ill Bill]].

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In 2015, Onyx released ''Against All Authorities'', a six-track EP protesting police brutality in the United States.<ref>[https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-against-all-authorities-new-song.1964125.html HotNewHipHop Review]</ref> The EP was produced by Canadian producer Scopic and features appearances by Sick Flo, [[Ras Kass]], Jasia'n, and Canadian rapper [[Merkules]]. Later that year, [[Def Jam]] released an eleven-track compilation of Onyx's classic songs called ''ICON''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/icon-mw0002870494|title=Onyx – ICON|website=allmusic.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916061836/https://www.allmusic.com/album/icon-mw0002870494|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 22, 2015, [[Snowgoons]] attempted to raise funds on [[Kickstarter]] for a new project called ''Onyx vs. M.O.P.'', planned to be a new collaboration album that would have been released in spring of the next year. Because the project only received $10,000 out of its $30,000 goal, it was canceled on December 18, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233663587/onyx-vs-mop-album-produced-by-snowgoons?ref=project_tweet|title=Onyx vs. M.O.P. Album produced by Snowgoons (Canceled)|website=kickstarter.com|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916060037/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233663587/onyx-vs-mop-album-produced-by-snowgoons?ref=project_tweet|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Onyx collaborated with the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] hardcore hip hop group Dope D.O.D. to release the collaboration album ''[[Shotgunz in Hell]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backspin.de/studiobesuch-mit-dope-dod|title=Studiobesuch in den Niederlanden – Dope D.O.D. über Onyx, "Shotgunz in Hell" und kommende Projekte (June 26, 2017)|website=backspin.de|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101902/https://www.backspin.de/studiobesuch-mit-dope-dod|archive-date=August 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The album features appearances by Sick Flo, [[Snak the Ripper]], Dopey Rotten, and DJ Nelson.

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In 2018, Onyx released ''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'',<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/02/onyx-black-rock-album/|title=ONYX RETURN ON 'BLACK ROCK' ALBUM (by C. Vernon Coleman II) (February 18, 2018)| website=xxlmag.com |date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> which was produced by Onyx and Slovenian producer Kid AC.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/01/onyx-ima-fuckin-rockstar-skyzoo-black-rock-album/|title=ONYX DROP NEW SONG "I'MA F**KIN ROCKSTAR" WITH SKYZOO, PREP NEW 'BLACK ROCK' ALBUM (by Peter A. Berry) (January 30, 2018)| website=xxlmag.com |date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>

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On May 31, 2019, the album "100 Mad" was released, the title referring to Onyx's artist collective. Production on the album included [[Snowgoons]] and [[The Alchemist (musician)|The Alchemist]], and guest vocalists included [[Conway the Machine]], Tha God Fahim, Jay Nice, [[Planet Asia]], [[Termanology]] and more.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://onyxhq.bandcamp.com/album/100-mad|title=100 MAD, by Onyx|website=Onyx|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>


In July 2019, Onyx announced the release of a new compilation of unreleased songs called ''Lost Treasures''. The cover for this compilation was drawn by a designer from Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.ykt.ru/article/89330|title=Якутский дизайнер — о кинопостерах, сотрудничестве с ONYX и фан-арте, который репостнул Конор Макгрегор|website=news.ykt.ru|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> The compilation was released through X-Ray Records on February 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/discography/2058|title=ONYX выпустили альбом "Lost Treasures"|website=rap.ru|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.54353/title.onyx-preps-lost-treasures-lp-with-boy-still-got-it-single-featuring-bobby-brown|title=Onyx Preps 'Lost Treasures' LP With 'Boy Still Got It' Single Featuring Bobby Brown (January 31, 2020)|website=hiphopdx.com|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-calls-on-bobby-brown-for-boy-still-got-it-new-song.1986012.html|title=Onyx Calls On Bobby Brown For "Boy Still Got It" (by Erika Marie ) (February 01, 2020)|website=hotnewhiphop.com|date=February 2020|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>
In July 2019, Onyx announced the release of a new compilation of unreleased songs called ''Lost Treasures''. The cover for this compilation was drawn by a designer from Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.ykt.ru/article/89330|title=Якутский дизайнер — о кинопостерах, сотрудничестве с ONYX и фан-арте, который репостнул Конор Макгрегор|website=news.ykt.ru|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> The compilation was released through X-Ray Records on February 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/discography/2058|title=ONYX выпустили альбом "Lost Treasures"|website=rap.ru|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.54353/title.onyx-preps-lost-treasures-lp-with-boy-still-got-it-single-featuring-bobby-brown|title=Onyx Preps 'Lost Treasures' LP With 'Boy Still Got It' Single Featuring Bobby Brown (January 31, 2020)|website=hiphopdx.com|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-calls-on-bobby-brown-for-boy-still-got-it-new-song.1986012.html|title=Onyx Calls On Bobby Brown For "Boy Still Got It" (by Erika Marie ) (February 01, 2020)|website=hotnewhiphop.com|date=February 2020|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>


On November 15, 2019, the group released the eighth studio album ''[[Snowmads|SnowMads]]'', entirely produced by [[Snowgoons]]. Among the guests on the album were rappers Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddy Foxxx, Flee Lord, Nems, SickFlo, Knuckles of NBS and Ufo Fev.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/ru/album/snowmads/1488133278|title=Onyx – Snowmads| website=music.apple.com |date=November 15, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fileunderhiphop.com/snowgoons-x-onyx-snowmads/|title=Snowgoons x Onyx = Snowmads (by Admin) (November 8th, 2019)|website=fileunderhiphop.com|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53483/title.onyx-snowgoons-link-up-for-snowmads-album|title=Onyx & Snowgoons Link Up For 'SnowMads' Album (by Justin Ivey) (November 14, 2019)|website=hiphopdx.com |date=November 14, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://urbanvault.co.uk/2019/11/15/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads-album-audio-limited-edition-vinyl-cd/|title=ONYX & Snowgoons – SnowMads (Album/Audio/Limited Edition Vinyl/CD) (by UV Admin) (15/11/2019)| website=urbanvault.co.uk |date=November 15, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/discography/2013|title=ONYX, SNOWGOONS – "SNOWMADS"|website=rap.ru|access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> The album was chosen as "The best rap album of 2019" by the Russian website Rap.Ru,<ref name=Rap.RuTheBest>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/reading/20524|title=Лучшие артисты и главные альбомы-2019: выбор читателей (January 9, 2020)|website=rap.ru|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> as well as "one of the best rap albums of 2019" by the editors of the Russian website HipHop4Real.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop4real.com/top-albums-2019/|title=Лучшие зарубежные альбомы 2019 года (14 января 2020 года)|website=hiphop4real.com|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> The album was featured on a Russian [[late-night talk show]] ''[[Evening Urgant]]'' hosted by [[Ivan Urgant]] on [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]], where Onyx performed their most famous hit "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/vecherniy-urgant/muzyka/onix-slam-vecherniy-urgant-fragment-vypuska-ot-20-02-2020|title="Onyx" — Slam. Вечерний Ургант. Фрагмент выпуска от 20.02.2020|website=1tv.ru|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flITJ_K1p7k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/flITJ_K1p7k |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Onyx – Slam. Вечерний Ургант. 20.02.2020|website=youtube.com|access-date=February 21, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/video/8351|title=Live дня: Onyx зачитали трек "Slam" на "Вечернем Урганте" (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=rap.ru|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/onyx-ugrant-live|title=Onyx читают "Slam "на "Вечернем Урганте" (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> as well as on the Bulgarian show ''Шоуто на Николаос Цитиридис'' on [[bTV (Bulgaria)|bTV]], where members of the group gave an interview and performed the song "Kill Da Mic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.btv.bg/video/shows/shoutonanikolaos/videos/onyx-izpolzvali-fragmenti-ot-pesen-na-lili-ivanova-v-novija-si-album.html|title=Onyx използвали фрагменти от песен на Лили Иванова в новия си албум (February 28, 2020)|website=btv.bg|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
On November 15, 2019, the group released the eighth studio album ''[[Snowmads|SnowMads]]'', entirely produced by [[Snowgoons]]. Among the guests on the album were rappers Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddy Foxxx, Flee Lord, Nems, SickFlo, Knuckles of NBS and Ufo Fev.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/ru/album/snowmads/1488133278|title=Onyx – Snowmads| website=music.apple.com |date=November 15, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fileunderhiphop.com/snowgoons-x-onyx-snowmads/|title=Snowgoons x Onyx = Snowmads (by Admin) (November 8th, 2019)|website=fileunderhiphop.com|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109155205/https://www.fileunderhiphop.com/snowgoons-x-onyx-snowmads/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53483/title.onyx-snowgoons-link-up-for-snowmads-album|title=Onyx & Snowgoons Link Up For 'SnowMads' Album (by Justin Ivey) (November 14, 2019)|website=hiphopdx.com |date=November 14, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://urbanvault.co.uk/2019/11/15/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads-album-audio-limited-edition-vinyl-cd/|title=ONYX & Snowgoons – SnowMads (Album/Audio/Limited Edition Vinyl/CD) (by UV Admin) (15/11/2019)| website=urbanvault.co.uk |date=November 15, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/discography/2013|title=ONYX, SNOWGOONS – "SNOWMADS"|website=rap.ru|access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> The album was chosen as "The best rap album of 2019" by the Russian website Rap.Ru,<ref name=Rap.RuTheBest>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/reading/20524|title=Лучшие артисты и главные альбомы-2019: выбор читателей (January 9, 2020)|website=rap.ru|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> as well as "one of the best rap albums of 2019" by the editors of the Russian website HipHop4Real.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop4real.com/top-albums-2019/|title=Лучшие зарубежные альбомы 2019 года (14 января 2020 года)|website=hiphop4real.com|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> The album was featured on a Russian [[late-night talk show]] ''[[Evening Urgant]]'' hosted by [[Ivan Urgant]] on [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]], where Onyx performed their most famous hit "[[Slam (Onyx song)|Slam]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/vecherniy-urgant/muzyka/onix-slam-vecherniy-urgant-fragment-vypuska-ot-20-02-2020|title="Onyx" — Slam. Вечерний Ургант. Фрагмент выпуска от 20.02.2020|website=1tv.ru|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flITJ_K1p7k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/flITJ_K1p7k |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Onyx – Slam. Вечерний Ургант. 20.02.2020|website=youtube.com|access-date=February 21, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/video/8351|title=Live дня: Onyx зачитали трек "Slam" на "Вечернем Урганте" (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=rap.ru|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/onyx-ugrant-live|title=Onyx читают "Slam "на "Вечернем Урганте" (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> as well as on the Bulgarian show ''Шоуто на Николаос Цитиридис'' on [[bTV (Bulgaria)|bTV]], where members of the group gave an interview and performed the song "Kill Da Mic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.btv.bg/video/shows/shoutonanikolaos/videos/onyx-izpolzvali-fragmenti-ot-pesen-na-lili-ivanova-v-novija-si-album.html|title=Onyx използвали фрагменти от песен на Лили Иванова в новия си албум (February 28, 2020)|website=btv.bg|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>


In 2020, [[Lords Of The Underground]] released a video for the song "Whats Up", recorded with Onyx,<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://weeklyrapgods.com/2020/01/31/premiere-lords-of-the-underground-return-with-onyx-snowgoons-for-whats-up-video-lotug-interview/| title=Premiere: Lords of the Underground Return with Onyx & Snowgoons for "What's Up" Video + LOTUG Interview. Posted on January 31, 2020 by Weekly Rap Gods| website=weeklyrapgods.com | date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2020/02/lords-of-the-underground-onyx-snowgoons-whats-up-video/| title=Lords Of The Underground Team With ONYX To Show Today's MCs What's Up (Video). Published By Kevito Clark (February 4, 2020)| website=ambrosiaforheads.com | date=February 5, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> later was released a single for this song.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/whats-up-feat-onyx-single/1498183127| title=Lords Of The Underground – Whats Up (feat. Onyx) – Single| website=music.apple.com | date=February 7, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, [[Lords of the Underground]] released a video for the song "Whats Up", recorded with Onyx,<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://weeklyrapgods.com/2020/01/31/premiere-lords-of-the-underground-return-with-onyx-snowgoons-for-whats-up-video-lotug-interview/| title=Premiere: Lords of the Underground Return with Onyx & Snowgoons for "What's Up" Video + LOTUG Interview. Posted on January 31, 2020 by Weekly Rap Gods| website=weeklyrapgods.com| date=January 31, 2020| access-date=February 11, 2020| archive-date=February 17, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217124059/https://weeklyrapgods.com/2020/01/31/premiere-lords-of-the-underground-return-with-onyx-snowgoons-for-whats-up-video-lotug-interview/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2020/02/lords-of-the-underground-onyx-snowgoons-whats-up-video/| title=Lords Of The Underground Team With ONYX To Show Today's MCs What's Up (Video). Published By Kevito Clark (February 4, 2020)| website=ambrosiaforheads.com | date=February 5, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> later was released a single for this song.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/whats-up-feat-onyx-single/1498183127| title=Lords Of The Underground – Whats Up (feat. Onyx) – Single| website=music.apple.com | date=February 7, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>


On April 9, 2021, the group released their ninth studio album, ''Onyx 4 Life''. The album features rappers Mad Lion, Cappadonna, Panama P.I., Planet Asia, SickFlo and Snak the Ripper. Music for the album was produced by Chilean beatmakers Crack Brodas (DJ Audas and El Bruto CHR).<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/537790146/onyx-return-to-release-message-heavy-powerful-genre-defying-album-onyx-4-life| title=Onyx Return to Release Message-Heavy & Powerful Genre-Defying Album 'ONYX 4 LIFE' (By In2town) (March 30, 2021)| website=einnews.com | date=March 30, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.rap.ru/news/14398| title=ONYX «Onyx 4 Life»: вышел девятый альбом легендарной группы (April 9, 2021)| website=rap.ru |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-release-their-latest-album-onyx-4-life-new-mixtape.121420.html| title=Onyx Release Their Latest Album "Onyx 4 Life" (By Aron A.) (April 10, 2021)| website=hotnewhiphop.com | date=April 10, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> Onyx released a two visuals for "Coming Outside"<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://thesource.com/2021/02/17/onyx-announce-new-studio-album-and-release-new-video-coming-outside/| title=Onyx Announce New Studio Album And Release New Video "Coming Outside" (by Sha Be Allah) (February 17, 2021)| website=thesource.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-return-with-a-vengeance-on-coming-outside-new-song.1990326.html| title=Onyx Return With A Vengeance On "Coming Outside" (by Mitch Findlay) (February 17, 2021)| website=hotnewhiphop.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60636/title.onyx-asserts-hip-hop-dominance-in-coming-outside-video-from-forthcoming-onyx-4-life-lp#| title=Onyx Asserts Hip Hop Dominance In 'Coming Outside' video from forthcoming 'Onyx 4 Life' LP (by Kyle Eustice) (February 17, 2021)| website=hiphopdx.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.thehypemagazine.com/2021/02/onyx-announce-new-studio-album-release-new-video-coming-outside/| title=Onyx Announce New Studio Album & Release New Video "Coming Outside" (by MuzikScribe) (February 17, 2021)| website=thehypemagazine.com |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> and "Ahh Yeah".<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.vanndigital.com/onyx-drops-onyx-4-life-album-ahh-yeah-video-feat-mad-lion/| title=Onyx Drops 'Onyx 4 Life' Album + 'Ahh Yeah' Video feat. Mad Lion (by VannDigital) (April 9, 2021)| website=vanndigital.com | date=April 9, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> The cover for the new album was painted by the Russian tattoo artist Alexey Mashkow.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwjLha44Kc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FmwjLha44Kc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=ONYX 4 LIFE 2021 (February 21, 2021)| website=youtube.com |access-date=April 11, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
On April 9, 2021, the group released their ninth studio album, ''Onyx 4 Life''. The album features rappers Mad Lion, Cappadonna, Panama P.I., Planet Asia, SickFlo and Snak the Ripper. Music for the album was produced by Chilean beatmakers Crack Brodas (DJ Audas and El Bruto CHR).<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/537790146/onyx-return-to-release-message-heavy-powerful-genre-defying-album-onyx-4-life| title=Onyx Return to Release Message-Heavy & Powerful Genre-Defying Album 'ONYX 4 LIFE' (By In2town) (March 30, 2021)| newspaper=Ein News | date=March 30, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.rap.ru/news/14398| title=ONYX «Onyx 4 Life»: вышел девятый альбом легендарной группы (April 9, 2021)| website=rap.ru |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-release-their-latest-album-onyx-4-life-new-mixtape.121420.html| title=Onyx Release Their Latest Album "Onyx 4 Life" (By Aron A.) (April 10, 2021)| website=hotnewhiphop.com | date=April 10, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> Onyx released a two visuals for "Coming Outside"<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://thesource.com/2021/02/17/onyx-announce-new-studio-album-and-release-new-video-coming-outside/| title=Onyx Announce New Studio Album And Release New Video "Coming Outside" (by Sha Be Allah) (February 17, 2021)| website=thesource.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/onyx-return-with-a-vengeance-on-coming-outside-new-song.1990326.html| title=Onyx Return With A Vengeance On "Coming Outside" (by Mitch Findlay) (February 17, 2021)| website=hotnewhiphop.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60636/title.onyx-asserts-hip-hop-dominance-in-coming-outside-video-from-forthcoming-onyx-4-life-lp#| title=Onyx Asserts Hip Hop Dominance In 'Coming Outside' video from forthcoming 'Onyx 4 Life' LP (by Kyle Eustice) (February 17, 2021)| website=hiphopdx.com | date=February 17, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> and "Ahh Yeah".<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.vanndigital.com/onyx-drops-onyx-4-life-album-ahh-yeah-video-feat-mad-lion/| title=Onyx Drops 'Onyx 4 Life' Album + 'Ahh Yeah' Video feat. Mad Lion (by VannDigital) (April 9, 2021)| website=vanndigital.com | date=April 9, 2021|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> The cover for the new album was painted by the Russian tattoo artist Alexey Mashkow.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwjLha44Kc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FmwjLha44Kc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=ONYX 4 LIFE 2021 (February 21, 2021)| website=youtube.com |date=February 20, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


== Members ==
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=== Former members ===
=== Former members ===
* [[Big DS]] (1988–1994)
* [[Big DS]] (1988–1994) <small>(died 2003)</small>
* [[Sonny Seeza]] (1988–2009)
* [[Sonny Seeza]] (1988–2009)


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== Video games ==
== Video games ==
*''[[Rap Jam: Volume One]]'' (1995)
*''[[Rap Jam: Volume One]]'' (1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrogames.cc/snes-games/rap-jam-volume-one-usa-en-fr-es.html|title=Rap Jam – Volume One (USA) (En,Fr,Es)|website=retrogames.cc|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230900/https://www.retrogames.cc/snes-games/rap-jam-volume-one-usa-en-fr-es.html|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Def Jam: Fight for NY]]'' (2004)
*''[[Def Jam: Fight for NY]]'' (2004)
*''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]] (2005)
*''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]] (2005)
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*''[[All We Got Iz Us]]'' (1995)
*''[[All We Got Iz Us]]'' (1995)
*''[[Shut 'Em Down (album)|Shut 'Em Down]]'' (1998)
*''[[Shut 'Em Down (album)|Shut 'Em Down]]'' (1998)
*''[[Bacdafucup Part II]]'' (2002)
*''[[Bacdafucup: Part II]]'' (2002)
*''[[Triggernometry]]'' (2003)
*''[[Triggernometry (album)|Triggernometry]]'' (2003)
*''[[Wakedafucup|#WakeDaFucUp]]'' (2014)
*''[[Wakedafucup|#WakeDaFucUp]]'' (2014)
*''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'' (2018)
*''[[Black Rock (Onyx album)|Black Rock]]'' (2018)
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*''1993'' (2022)
*''1993'' (2022)
*''Onyx Versus Everybody'' (2022)
*''Onyx Versus Everybody'' (2022)
*''World Take Over'' (2022)
*''Blood on da X'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/world-take-over/1634838508|title=Onyx - World Take Over |publisher=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate= September 9, 2022}}</ref>


'''EP'''
'''Collaboration albums'''
⚫
*''[[Shotgunz In Hell]]'' <small>with Dope D.O.D.</small> (2017)
*''[[Against All Authorities]]'' (2015)

'''Collaborative albums'''
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*''[[Shotgunz In Hell]]'' (2017) (with Dope D.O.D.)

'''Compilation albums'''
*''[[Cold Case Files: Vol. 1]]'' (2008)
*''100 Mad Niggaz With Gunz'' (Hosted By DJ Omega Red) (2009)
*''100 Mad. Part 2'' (Hosted by DJ Motion) (2010)
*''[[Cold Case Files: Vol. 2]]'' (2012)
*''#Turndafucup'' (2014)
*''ICON'' (2015)
*''Onyx present 100 Mad'' (2019)
*''Lost Treasures'' (2020)
*''#Turndafucup (The Original Sessions)'' (2022)


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==
In 1994, for the album ''[[Bacdafucup]]'', Onyx was nominated for "Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist" at the [[American Music Awards]] and won "Best Rap Album" at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]]. Onyx was also nominated five times at [[The Source]] Hip Hop Music Awards ceremony in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.smallsanities.org/2019/03/| title=The Providence Journal (April 27, 1994) – First rap awards show aims to send a message – "The biggest losers were Onyx, who despite leading all acts with five nominations, failed to take home a single prize" (by Greg Berman)| website=smallsanities.org |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://randomrapradiodotcom.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/first-source-awards.jpg| title=The Source Magazine (May, 1994) – The First Annual "Source Awards" (April 25, 1994)| website=randomrapradiodotcom.files.wordpress.com |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.hiphopnostalgia.com/2017/04/the-first-annual-source-awards-april-25.html| title=The First Annual "Source Awards" (April 25, 1994)| website=hiphopnostalgia.com |access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>
In 1994, for the album ''[[Bacdafucup]]'', Onyx was nominated for "Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist" at the [[American Music Awards]] and won "Best Rap Album" at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]]. Onyx was also nominated five times at [[The Source]] Hip Hop Music Awards ceremony in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.smallsanities.org/2019/03/| title=The Providence Journal (April 27, 1994) – First rap awards show aims to send a message – "The biggest losers were Onyx, who despite leading all acts with five nominations, failed to take home a single prize" (by Greg Berman)| website=smallsanities.org | date=March 28, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://randomrapradiodotcom.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/first-source-awards.jpg| title=The Source Magazine (May, 1994) – The First Annual "Source Awards" (April 25, 1994)| website=randomrapradiodotcom.files.wordpress.com |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.hiphopnostalgia.com/2017/04/the-first-annual-source-awards-april-25.html| title=The First Annual "Source Awards" (April 25, 1994)| website=hiphopnostalgia.com |access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>


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Onyx
Background information
OriginQueens, New York City, U.S.
Genres
Labels
MembersFredro Starr
Sticky Fingaz
Past membersBig DS
Sonny Seeza
Websiteonyxhq.com

Onyx is an American hardcore hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Suavé (also known as Sonny Seeza) and the late Big DS. Sticky Fingaz joined the group in 1991.

They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "Slam",[2] which The Source magazine described as a song that introduced the art of slam dancing into hip-hop.[3] The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the Billboard 200 albums chart Top 25. Their debut album, Bacdafucup, has been certified platinum,[4] won Best Rap Album at the Soul Train Music Awards and was selected as one of The Source magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.[5]

They have been quoted as describing their style as loud screaming, aggression, fighting with each other, stage diving, throwing water, rapping with grimy voices, and bald head fashion.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

History

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Onyx was formed in 1988 by schoolmates Fredro Starr, Sonny Seeza, and Big DS. They decided to name the band after the onyx stone.[12] The band began recording their first demos in the basement of B-Wiz with drum machine beats from an SP-12.[13] In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a contract with the label Profile Records. On April 25, 1990, the group released their first single, Ah, And We Do It Like This, to low sales.[14][15]

On July 13, 1991, while in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival, the band members met music producer Jam Master Jay,[16][17] who agreed to give them two months to submit a demo to his record company. When the deadline came, Seeza and Big DS couldn't make it to the studio to record the demo,[18] so Jeffrey Harris, the manager of Onyx, asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, Kirk Jones, who at the time was doing a solo career under the name Trop. Fredro and Jones recorded two records for the demo, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise".[19]

The demo were accepted by Jam Master Jay, who signed the band to his record label, Jam Master Jay Records. Jones subsequently joined the band with the stage name Sticky Fingaz. In 1991 the band lost all of its records when its music producer, B-Wiz, was killed while selling cocaine in Baltimore.[15] Later that year, Onyx hired Chyskillz as its new music producer.[13]

In 1993, Onyx released their debut album, entitled Bacdafucup. The album proved to be successful, receiving a platinum certification from the RIAA and peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200, the group's highest debut at that point. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Albums. Three of the album's songs reached the Billboard charts; "Throw Ya Gunz", "Slam", and "Shiftee". Their breakout single, "Slam", was aired on MTV and BET, causing the song to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Slam" was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 10, 1993. In 1994, Big DS left the group to start a solo career, producing music under his own record label called Illyotic Music.

In 1995 Onyx released its second album, All We Got Iz Us,[20] and founded its own record label, Armee Records, distributed through MCA Records.[21] Through its record label, the band produced music by Gang Green, All City,[22] Panama P.I., and Choclatt.[23] In April 1995 Marvel Music, a short-lived imprint of Marvel Comics, released a comic book based on the band called "Onyx: Fight!". Written by Karl Bollers and drawn by Larry Lee, the comic depicted a post-apocalyptic New York City where Onyx forms an underground rebellion.[24]

In 1998 the band released their third album Shut 'Em Down, which featured appearances from other bands, including X-1, DMX, 50 Cent, All City, Mr. Cheeks, Wu-Tang Clan, N.O.R.E., and Big Pun. Produced by Keith Horne, Self, and others, the album peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200, selling 500,000 units.[25] Three of the album's songs reached the Billboard charts; The Worst, Shut 'Em Down, and React. Shut 'Em Down was Onyx's last album on the Def Jam Recordings label.[26]

In 2001, Onyx released their fourth album, Bacdafucup Part II, through Koch Records.[27] Produced by Davinci, DR Period, and others, the album included twelve new tracks,[28] including "Feel Me", which was recorded on the night of September 11, 2001, and was dedicated to the events that had happened that day.[29] In 2003 Onyx released their fifth album, Triggernometry, consisting of ten new tracks, with eleven stories from the lives the group's members in between the tracks. On May 22, 2003, former Onyx member Big DS died in a hospital in Queens, New York at the age of 31 after receiving chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer.[30][31][32]

Onyx released a sixteen-track collection of previously unreleased songs Cold Case Files through Iceman Music Group on August 19, 2008. The collection features underground singles, lost studio recordings from the group's first three albums, and appearances from Method Man, deceased Onyx affiliate X1, and Gang Green.[33][34][35]

In 2009, Onyx was planning to release an album called Black Rock, but postponed its release due to the release of another rap album called "Blakroc". The same year, Sonny Seeza left the band to begin a solo career.[36] On October 31, 2012, after having returned from an overseas tour, Onyx released the first track of their upcoming album CUZO on YouTube.[37] Despite announcing that the CUZO album would be released on September 5, 2013, it was never released. In August 2012, Onyx released their second compilation album, titled Cold Case Files Vol. 2.

On March 18, 2014, Onyx released their first album in over a decade, called Wakedafucup. Released through Goon MuSick, the album is entirely produced by Snowgoons. The album features guest appearances from Sean Price, Papoose, Cormega, Reks, Snak the Ripper, and ASAP Ferg. WakeDaFucUp was named by XXL as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014.[38] In 2014, X-Ray Records, a division of Cleopatra Records, released a compilation of Onyx's unreleased songs called #TURNDAFUCUP. The collection mainly contained songs from the unreleased album CUZO, in addition to modern trap style remixes of several of their older songs. It featured guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Myster DL, Ras Kass, and Ill Bill.

In 2015, Onyx released Against All Authorities, a six-track EP protesting police brutality in the United States.[39] The EP was produced by Canadian producer Scopic and features appearances by Sick Flo, Ras Kass, Jasia'n, and Canadian rapper Merkules. Later that year, Def Jam released an eleven-track compilation of Onyx's classic songs called ICON.[40] On November 22, 2015, Snowgoons attempted to raise funds on Kickstarter for a new project called Onyx vs. M.O.P., planned to be a new collaboration album that would have been released in spring of the next year. Because the project only received $10,000 out of its $30,000 goal, it was canceled on December 18, 2015.[41] In 2017, Onyx collaborated with the Dutch hardcore hip hop group Dope D.O.D. to release the collaboration album Shotgunz in Hell.[42] The album features appearances by Sick Flo, Snak the Ripper, Dopey Rotten, and DJ Nelson.

In 2018, Onyx released Black Rock,[43] which was produced by Onyx and Slovenian producer Kid AC.[44]

On May 31, 2019, the album "100 Mad" was released, the title referring to Onyx's artist collective. Production on the album included Snowgoons and The Alchemist, and guest vocalists included Conway the Machine, Tha God Fahim, Jay Nice, Planet Asia, Termanology and more.[45]

In July 2019, Onyx announced the release of a new compilation of unreleased songs called Lost Treasures. The cover for this compilation was drawn by a designer from Russia.[46] The compilation was released through X-Ray Records on February 7, 2020.[47][48][49]

On November 15, 2019, the group released the eighth studio album SnowMads, entirely produced by Snowgoons. Among the guests on the album were rappers Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddy Foxxx, Flee Lord, Nems, SickFlo, Knuckles of NBS and Ufo Fev.[50][51][52][53][54] The album was chosen as "The best rap album of 2019" by the Russian website Rap.Ru,[55] as well as "one of the best rap albums of 2019" by the editors of the Russian website HipHop4Real.[56] The album was featured on a Russian late-night talk show Evening Urgant hosted by Ivan Urgant on Channel One, where Onyx performed their most famous hit "Slam",[57][58][59][60] as well as on the Bulgarian show Шоуто на Николаос Цитиридис on bTV, where members of the group gave an interview and performed the song "Kill Da Mic".[61]

In 2020, Lords of the Underground released a video for the song "Whats Up", recorded with Onyx,[62][63] later was released a single for this song.[64]

On April 9, 2021, the group released their ninth studio album, Onyx 4 Life. The album features rappers Mad Lion, Cappadonna, Panama P.I., Planet Asia, SickFlo and Snak the Ripper. Music for the album was produced by Chilean beatmakers Crack Brodas (DJ Audas and El Bruto CHR).[65][66][67] Onyx released a two visuals for "Coming Outside"[68][69][70] and "Ahh Yeah".[71] The cover for the new album was painted by the Russian tattoo artist Alexey Mashkow.[72]

Members

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Current members

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Former members

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Timeline

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Video games

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Discography

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Main article: Onyx discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Awards and nominations

[edit]

In 1994, for the album Bacdafucup, Onyx was nominated for "Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist" at the American Music Awards and won "Best Rap Album" at the Soul Train Music Awards. Onyx was also nominated five times at The Source Hip Hop Music Awards ceremony in 1994.[74][75][76]

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
1994 American Music Awards of 1994 Bacdafucup Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist Nominated
1994 Soul Train Music Awards Bacdafucup Best Rap Album Won
The Source Hip Hop Music Awards Onyx New group of the year Nominated
Onyx New artist of the year Nominated
Onyx Live performer of the year Nominated
"Slam" Single of the year Nominated
Bacdafucup Album of the year Nominated

At the end of 1993, the US magazines Billboard and Cashbox placed Onyx on several of their final annual charts. In 1996, CMJ New Music Monthly placed the album All We Got Iz Us in their list The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1995.[77] In 2014, #WakeDaFucUp was named as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014 by XXL.[38] In 2020, SnowMads was chosen as "The Best Rap Album of 2019: Readers' Choice" by the Russian website Rap.Ru.[55]

Year Work Publication Country Accolade Rank
1993 Onyx Billboard United States Hot Rap Artists[78] 1
Top Billboard 200 Album Artists[79] 64
Top R&B Album Artists[80] 20
Hot 100 Singles Artists[81] 45
Cashbox Top New Groups[82] 4
1996 All We Got Iz Us CMJ New Music Monthly The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1995 17
2014 #WakeDaFucUp XXL The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2014 –
2020 SnowMads Rap.Ru Russia The Best Rap Album of 2019: Readers' Choice 1

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