  arturo molina jr. (born may 31, 1964), better known as frost (originally kid frost), is a mexican american hip hop recording artist from east los angeles, california. ==early life== molina was born and raised in east los angeles, california and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in guam and germany. he began his music career in 1982 as kid frost as a tribute to his rival ice-t, whom he often battled in the music industry. in an interview frost stated that his first actual dj was in fact dr. dre and dj yella. he soon became a breakdancer for uncle jamms army. ==music career== in the mid 1980s, frost released several pre-gangsta 12" singles on los angeles-based labels electrobeat, and baja. in the late 1980s, kid frost moved to virgin records. virgin released his biggest hit, "la raza". his debut album, hispanic causing panic was released in 1990. he also established a latin rap supergroup called latin alliance, which released their only album, latin alliance, in 1991. his second album, east side story was released in 1992, which featured appearances from mc eiht, a.l.t. and ganxta ridd from the boo-yaa tribe. in 1995, frost dropped the "kid" from his nickname and signed with ruthless records, eazy-e's label (distributed by relativity). smile now die later was released that year. above the law were featured as guest rappers, alongside a.l.t., o. genius and kokane. rick james also appeared on frost's version of "mary jane". his second album for ruthless, when hell.a.freezes over, was released in 1997. ice-t, scoop, o. genius and domino also appeared as guest rappers. in 1999, frost moved to a small independent label called celeb-entertainment records. his first album f
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