"Poison Clan is yet another rap group that helped to spark tons of young budding rappers and free-stylers to work on their music as the group began to gain fame. Poison Clan began as a 2 Live Crew sponsored group. 2 Live Crew went hand in hand with controversy and explicit content, and had a fairly successful career, though whether it was sparked by their X-rated content or by their fairly innovative material is difficult to tell. Thus, when the original Poison Clan duo first emerged on 2 Live Crew's 1990 album 2 Low Life Muthas, it would be no surprise to many that their content and style were similar to the Supreme Court-favorite group. The Miami rappers, Debonaire and J.T. Money, impressed Luke Records enough for them to not only give the boys a record contract but also sign them up to work with 2 Live Crew's DJ, Mr. Mixx. 2 Low Life Muthas saw moderate commercial success for the boys, particularly in their South neighborhoods, but their second album, Poisonous Mentality, was their true breakout hit. The single ""Shake Watcha Mama Gave Ya"" was a mega-hit (though it never made the Billboard charts). After the success of the second album, the group saw almost total control by J.T. Money, who forced the formerly ""collective"" group toward a more solo project.Though Poison Clan's next few albums were successful, none saw the hit single success like that of ""Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya"" (though others did make the Billboard charts). As no surprise to many, out of J.T. Money's success, tensions arose and the group split. J.T. Money worked on his solo album, while the record label released a The Best of J.T. Money & Poison Clan album."
