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Can You Identify These Aspiring Young Boston-Area Rappers?

adam12 June 29th
374616 07: Fans of the boy band N''Sync scream during a Today Show concert in Rockefeller Center July 28, 2000 in New York. The band performed three songs before an estimated 15,000 fans, many of whom had camped out overnight. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Newsmakers)

Between New Edition and New Kids On The Block, Boston was a boy band hotbed in the late ’80s and early ’90s. So who is this mystery band?

 

We stumbled across this gem of a clip from a Somerville Cable Access TV Talent Show in 1991. The featured act is Funky Like That, and they’re performing an original composition titled “With The Posse.” Take a look.

Funky Like That 1991 Somerville SCATV Talent Show

Spoiler alert - they didn't win.

 

OK, so there’s a couple of false starts. And they kinda fell behind the beat a few times. But they’re adorable! Those moves! And it takes a whole lot of brave to get on stage in front of people (and a local TV audience) and perform.

 

So who are these mystery boys? It’s early-’90s Somerville, folks. Someone has to know someone who knows someone in this clip. Hit the ROCK 92.9 Facebook or Twitter if you can identify Funky Like That.

 

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