Treach

Treach, born Anthony Criss, is an American rapper and actor who rose to prominence as a member of Naughty by Nature, a hip hop group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, in the late 1980s.

The group achieved mainstream success with their self-titled debut album in 1991, which featured the hit single O.P.P. They followed with the 1993 album 19 Naughty III, which included Hip Hop Hooray. The group’s 1995 album Poverty’s Paradise won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards.

In addition to his work with Naughty by Nature, Treach has pursued solo projects and acting roles in film and television. His career spans music and screen, and helped popularize party-oriented hip hop on the East Coast during the 1990s.

Treach is recognized for his energetic delivery and for helping bring street-level narratives of urban life into mainstream hip hop. Naughty by Nature remains one of the most commercially successful rap groups of that era, with O.P.P. and Hip Hop Hooray enduring as signature tracks.