the worldwide Hip Hop organization called Ill Crew Universal. Legacy Rapper Jay-Z's 2001 single "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" uses the Cold Crush Brothers as an example of the music industry's exploitation of artists: "Industry shady; it need to be taken over / Label owners hate me; I'm raisin' the status quo up / I'm overchargin' niggaz for what they did to the Cold Crush / Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoe'd us." Money Ray died on October 3, 2002. In 2008, "At the Dixie" from Wild Style was ranked at number 77 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. On September 24, 2016, DJ Tony Crush, of the Cold Crush Brothers, was inducted into the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. September 24, 2016 was the day the museum opened. References External links Discography RedefineHipHop: Cold Crush Brothers (Recorded Material Part 1 of 2)!! - (Part 2 of 2) 1978 establishments in New York City Hip hop groups from New York City Musical groups established in 1978 Musical groups from the Bronx