Naughty By Nature

The New Jersey trio Naughty by Nature took hard-edged rap mainstream with ’90s hits like “O.P.P.” and “Hip Hop Hooray.” • Treach, Vin Rock, and DJ Kay Gee met in high school in East Orange, New Jersey.

They released one album as The New Style before mentor Queen Latifah suggested a new name, Naughty by Nature.

• Based around a sample of The Jackson 5’s 1970 classic “ABC,” Naughty by Nature’s 1991 breakthrough single, “O.P.P,” reached No.