Kool Moe Dee and L.A Sunshine (Lamar Hill) grew up in the same neighborhood and they met DJ Easy Lee (Theodore Moy'e) in elementary school.
Kool Moe Dee and Easy Lee both went to Norman Thomas high school where they met Special K (Kevin Keaton).
[citation needed] They also released "At the Party", "Put the Boogie In Your Body" and "Feel the Heartbeat" (1981),[2] the latter of which was popular at the time.
They then released the song "Yes We Can-Can",[2] which followed on from the political trend that was set by the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's single "The Message".
In 1985, Kool Moe Dee managed to persuade Special K and L.A Sunshine to go back into the studio to record "Gotta Rock".
Kool Moe Dee and L.A Sunshine had a brief cameo appearance in the movie Wildstyle, at the end of the film they are seen performing.
DJ Easy Lee expressed the view that one of the reasons that the album was not as well received as they thought it would be, was because the new version of "Feel the Heartbeat" was almost exactly the same, and that they should have released the posse cut "We Wit It" which featured Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Grandmaster Caz, Heavy D, Melle Mel, and Tito (of The Fearless Four);[2] this song was a lot more popular but was never released as a single.
The Treacherous Three are remembered as the originators of fast rapping, directly influencing MCs such as T La Rock, LL Cool J, and Rakim.
DJ Easy Lee moved on to producing music and took a job as National Director of Promotions at Ichiban Records.