In 1990, a mysterious rap record called As Kosher As They Wanna Be came out on the Kosher Records label from Miami, FL.
Riding the wave of the 2 Live Crew’s media popularity, the meta narrative of a parody group making parodies of a group that made parodies made a powerful undercurrent for the group’s mainstream shine on platforms like Good Morning America, Newsweek Magazine, and a mention by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
The great culture writer Darren Paltrowitz interviewed 2 Live Jews founder Joe Stone to find out all about how the group started, the story behind the records, and the old days at the Pac Jam.