"Stone Cold Hustler" is the debut single released in 1987 by the Washington, D.C.–based hip-hop artist D.C.

[3][4] On April 15, 1987, D.C. Scorpio was part of a rap contest held at the Chapter III go-go club in Washington, D.C.[2] The winner of the contest would win an opportunity to perform live at the annual go-go concert held at the Capital Centre (the defunct arena formerly located in Landover, Maryland).

[2] D.C. Scorpio won the contest by rapping poignantly about the drug dealing and violence associated with the crack epidemic of the D.C. region in the late-1980s.

Most hip-hop artists were unable to sellout concerts in D.C. unless a go-go band was on the ticket.

[1][2] However, after the release of "Stone Cold Hustler" the D.C.-region became more receptive of the hip-hop genre.