By 1987, as uptempo club-bass records increased in popularity in the Miami bass scene, Derrick Rahming began production on his imagining of the genre with his E-mu SP-1200 drum sampler.
While uptempo music was not his preferred style, he believed labels would not fund records that sold in meager quantities, and to compete with more successful acts of the time such as 2 Live Crew and Kooley C. The group shortened their name to Afro-Rican, and produced "Give it All You Got (Doggy Style)", which samples Kraftwerk's "It's More Fun to Compute" from the Computer World album.
With a larger presence in Miami's music scene, Afro-Rican began Hip-Rock Records and commenced production on an album that contained a more traditional hip-hop sound.
Rahming successfully marketed his music at car shows under his own label, Hip-Rock, and Afro-Rican began to receive more widespread attention.
In 1995, a new incarnation of Afro-Rican with Derrick Rahming still at the helm and Marcus Rice (MD Rock) contributing, produced another hit, "All of Puerto Rico".
"Give it All You Got (Doggy Style)" was sampled in the song "Fergalicious" by pop singer Fergie, on her debut solo album, The Dutchess, released in 2006.