Onyx (hip hop group)

Onyx is an American hip hop group. They are from Queens, a borough of New York City. The group was founded in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Suavé (also known as Sonny Seeza) and the late Big DS. The group is named after the onyx stone. 
They are best known for their song "Slam". The song is off their studio album "Bacdafucup". The album was released on March 30, 1993.
Awards and nominations.
In 1994, for the album "Bacdafucup", Onyx was nominated for "Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist" at the American Music Awards. They won "Best Rap Album" at the Soul Train Music Awards. Onyx was also nominated five times at The Source Hip Hop Music Awards ceremony in 1994.
At the end of 1993, the US magazines "Billboard" and "Cashbox" placed Onyx on several of their final annual charts. In 1996, CMJ New Music Monthly placed the album "All We Got Iz Us" in their list "The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 1995". In 2014, "#WakeDaFucUp" was named as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014 by "XXL". In 2020, "SnowMads" was chosen as "The Best Rap Album of 2019: Readers' Choice" by the Russian website Rap.Ru.