Terrence Ronnie Keaton known by the stage name T La Rock, (born September 16, 1961) is an American old-school emcee best known for his collaboration with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin and the 1984 single "It's Yours."
[1] A former break dancer, he is the older brother of fellow old-school MC Special K of the Treacherous Three as well as rapper T.O.N.E.-z also known as Style or Tony Tone.
The song was sampled by countless artists, including hip-hop group Public Enemy in "Louder than a Bomb" from its 1988 release It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back; Nas in "The World is Yours" from his 1994 album, Illmatic; by many sample-based house-music tracks by Todd Terry.
The song was later in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, on the old school hip hop radio station "The Classics 104.1."
Later, in 2020, it appeared in Grand Theft Auto V's in-game radio station known as "KULT 99.1 FM" once The Cayo Perico Heist update was added.
On the strength of "It's Yours," Keaton was signed by Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records and released two albums: Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx in 1987, and On a Warpath in 1989.
Currently in negotiations with Hulu/Disney In 1994, Keaton suffered a traumatic brain injury while breaking up a fight in front of his brother's Bronx apartment building.