A producer and multi-instrumentalist, Rich Nice has worked on records by LL Cool J, KRS-One, Ice Cube, Nas, Foxy Brown, and Mary J. Blige. Long before he became a force in the studio as a behind-the-scenes player, he was signed to Motown as a solo artist. Information to Raise a Nation, his first and only full-length album, was released to little notice in 1990.