Fort Nox

Fort Nox is an authentic hip-hop group from Fort Worth, Tx. The group began as a large crew of different emcee's and a DJ/Producer (DJ Ernie G.) in early 1990's. There were several emcees and groups which formed the supergroup then known as Fort Knox. The group would have different members meet at producer/DJ Ernie G's home in Fort Worth to record and have freestyle sessions regularly. Some of the artists had previous backgrounds in music before coming in to Fort Knox. The supergroup would separate years later when several members went separate directions pursuing other things. Before Fort Knox existed, two of the current members (Complete aka Cedric Ruffin and Solid aka Marcus Davis jr.) met in high school and were apart of a rap group known as "Dial 3". After high school graduation, Dial 3 broke up as everyone went in different directions. Shortly after the breakup of Dial 3, Solid formed a group with high school friend Dez 2-2 (Desmond Anderson sr.) which was called "Zero X". This group went on to record and do many local shows opening for major hip-hop acts. This duo recorded mostly with DJ Ernie G and is also primarily responsible for forming the supergroup Fort Knox. This later resulted in other friends and artists coming along to work with Ernie G. Complete came back into the scene with the help of long time friend T-Rob aka Terrence Robinson reuniting with Solid and then began recording and freestyling with Fort Knox. Complete was eventually asked to join the group "Zero X" at a time Fort Knox was just thriving and starting to get recognition. At this point, Fort Knox consisting mostly of Complete, Dez 2-2, Solid and Quiz (Quincy Elliott) performed countless shows, freestyle sessions and battles throughout the metroplex and beyond. The four of these guys became a nucleus for the group as other members had left. After a period of time, Quiz would go in a separate direction leaving three remaining artists which still continue the legacy and record and perform today now known as Fort Nox. After many years of doing shows, recording and freestyle battles, the trio (Complete, Dez 2-2 and Solid) finally released an independent album titled "Next Sound" in 2008. The album was released online as well as thousands of physical copies. The next release followed in 2012 with album "Last Of The Originals (L.O.T.O.)". The sophomore album also released online as well as with physical copies independently. In January of 2014 we released an EP titled "The EP: Riders of the Storm" which is available along with other albums on itunes, rhapsody, bandcamp and many others and also hard copies are available. Video's were produced for our albums by Roy Richards (Next Sound and L.O.T.O.) and Marcellus Suber (L.O.T.O.). We use the word "authentic" meaning that our music is truly rooted in hip-hop and is made with good music and substance based lyrics. We are not a typical rap group, we are a hip-hop group. We pride ourselves on lyrical creativity and dope production. We are currently wrapping up our latest album which we hope to release just before summer 2016. Feel most welcome to ride with the Nox!