The group dissolved in 1994 following the sudden death of DJ Subroc in 1993, the departure of Onyx and conflicts with Elektra that resulted in them being dropped from the label.

MF DOOM attempted to revive the KMD name in the 2010s, releasing two new songs, "Sorcerers" and "True Lightyears", and announcing a comeback album in 2017, but no further updates or recordings surfaced before his death in October 2020.

[2] Onyx the Birthstone Kid soon replaced Jade 1, who left the group in order to finish high school.

MC Serch, a native of nearby Far Rockaway, met the group at community functions and recruited them for a guest spot on "The Gas Face," a single off 3rd Bass' The Cactus Album.

Subroc heavily sampled old children's television shows and recordings, including drops of Sesame Street character Bert on the singles "Who Me?"

Hood was released, Zev Love X and Onyx testified before the United States Congress in support of the National Voter Registration Act, on behalf of Rock the Vote.

[1] The album was a departure from their lighthearted previous release with songs celebrating sex ("Plumskinnz"), drugs ("Smokin' That S*#%", "Contact Blitz", "Suspended Animation"), and drinking ("Sweet Premium Wine").

[1] The album's title and cover art proved too controversial for Elektra's management,[1] who instructed Dante Ross to give Zev Love X the Black Bastards master tapes and $20,000 as incentive to leave the label.

It was the first single from KMD's still-unreleased comeback album Crack In Time and featured Jay Electronica and MF DOOM.