HIP HOP: Hollywood Kill Krew

By Nic Leonard on May 30, 2011

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"I started rapping when I decided I wanted to make a rap album for my cat," Hollywood Kill Krew (HKK) frontman Doc Hollywood tells me. "I didn't know anybody that rapped, so I would just do it by myself for my cat, Mr. Cool."

Although Hollywood says he didn't know anybody who rapped, he did know plenty of musicians-many of whom he'd eventually team up with to form the hilariously stony Olympia rap group, Hollywood Kill Krew. About two years ago Hollywood started approaching friends he'd played music with in the past about starting a rap group-a Beastie Boys-style comedy rap endeavor. As Hollywood tells it, everyone was excited to take on the hip-hop scene and begin a journey towards Oly notoriety.

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