2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Dead at 53

Fresh Kid Ice, the founding member of 2 Live Crew, died in Miami.

Fresh Kid formed the legendary hip-hop crew with DJ Mr. Mixx and Amazing Vee in 1984, and hooked up with Luther Campbell later when they signed with his record label. According to the group's manager he died at 7:50 AM Thursday in a Miami hospital ... due to a medical condition.

Fresh Kid's real name was Chris Wong Won, and he and the group were advocates for First Amendment Rights after their "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" album was the first to be labeled legally obscene by the government.
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Fresh and Campbell were arrested in 1990 after a live performance police deemed obscene and lewd.