Portland Hip-Hop Had to Start Somewhere

Willamette Week | October 31, 2007
The U-Krew represents a long list of firsts: They were the first Portland hip-hop group to ever show up on MTV or BET, and the group likely retains its title as the most widely heard hip-hop group ever to come out of Stumptown after its single "If U Were Mine" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1990.

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