Kevin Madison, also known as K-Solo (born April 17, 1968) is an American rapper from Brentwood, New York who, along with Redman, EPMD, Das EFX, and Keith Murray, was part of the Hit Squad in the 1990s.

The rapper later accused DMX of stealing this style when the two were serving time in the same jail.

[3] DMX has disputed whether K-Solo developed this style during the 16 months he served in Riverhead Correctional Facility after being convicted of assault in the 1980s or during a later stay in Suffolk jail.

[citation needed] In the mid-1990s, he signed with Death Row Records after hooking up with them in a Pittsburgh concert show.

The only track ever released was a bootleg of Kurupt and him freestyling over Snoop's "Gin and Juice".

"[citation needed] In 2004 he was working on a new album for his Waste Management Records tentatively titled "There Will Be Hell to Pay" which has not been released.

In his 1998 hit single "Get At Me Dog", DMX told K-Solo to "suck [his] dick".

As the track continues, K-Solo went on to vindicate himself by saying that it was in fact DMX's mother that had "burned" him first.

On Beef II, K-Solo took a lie detector test to prove that he was the first to write "Spellbound".

In an August 2006 interview,[4] he said "The truth of the matter is that being in L.A., I have people that I never would in LA, like Tito Ortiz, Chuck Lidell, true beat-that-ass-niggas.

It’s obvious we both don’t like each other and I think it’s the only way to settle this beef, but let’s face it, I saw dude do 50 push-ups and almost fall down afterwards.

In a January 2007 interview,[5] he was asked why DMX continued to seek conflict, especially with his recent appearance on Hot 97 and stated "He knows what it is.

In a January 2007 interview,[5] he responded to claims that he [Keith] knocked him out: "I was in the hood watching these guys.