Rapper
Dee Dee King is actually rocker
Dee Dee Ramone going through a whopping identity crisis in the late '80s. As
Ramones drummer Marky Ramone put it, "
Dee Dee isn't a rap artist, he's a rock artist. I thought it was sort of unusual. One day he started wearing Mercedes Benz chains around his neck and gold rings. It was crazy. You know, I really think he lost his mind."
After leaving
the Ramones in 1989,
Dee Dee also spent the '90s writing
Ramones songs (including six tracks on
the Ramones' 1995
Adios Amigos), doing some production work, recording a solo rock 45 with a new band called the Chinese Dragons, and releasing a pair of solo rock LPs. ~ Matt Carlson