Frost

Arturo R. Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1964), better known as Frost (originally Kid Frost), is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer. He charted in the 1990s with his first four albums: Hispanic Causing Panic, East Side Story, Smile Now, Die Later and When Hell.A. Freezes Over. His most successful single is "La Raza" which hit number 6 on the rap songs chart in August 1990. His 1990 debut album is credited as the first Latin hip-hop album.

Frost's music entered the Billboard 200 again in 2002 with the album Still Up in This Shit!. He is the father of record producer Scoop DeVille.

Early life, family and education Molina was born and in Windsor, California but raised in Germany and East Los Angeles. Because his father was in the military he grew up on bases in Guam and Germany. In the late 1980s, Kid Frost moved to Virgin Records. Hispanic Causing Panic is credited as the first Chicano rap album, and brought attention to Latin rappers on the West Coast.

Frost also established the Latin rap supergroup Latin Alliance, He also portrayed of fictional character T-Bone Mendez from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and contributed his song "La Raza" to the soundtrack.

He was named vice president of the Music Division of Goldmark Industries on August 30, 2006.

In 2016, Frost announced that he had been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.

Discography

Studio albums Hispanic Causing Panic (1990) East Side Story (1992) Smile Now, Die Later (1995) When Hell.A. Freezes Over (1997) That Was Then, This Is Now, Vol. 1 (1999) That Was Then, This Is Now, Vol. 2 (2000) Still Up in This Shit! (2002) Welcome to Frost Angeles (2004) Till the Wheels Fall Off (2006) All Oldies (2011) All Oldies II (2012) Old School Funk (2013) The Good Man (2013)

Collaboration albums Latin Alliance with Latin Alliance (1991) Velvet City with Latino Velvet (2000)