The Lox

CTL-E-5793 · Person · group · 1994–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07056 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5793.

The Lox is an American hip-hop trio from Yonkers, New York, composed of Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch. The three rapped together in high school under the names the Bomb Squad and then the Warlocks; a demo recorded with Jaz-O reached fellow Yonkers native Mary J. Blige and then Sean Combs, who signed the group to Bad Boy Records and shortened its name to the Lox, later read as Living Off Experience. After featured work in 1997, including 'We'll Always Love Big Poppa' and the remix of 'All About the Benjamins,' the group released its Top Ten debut album, Money, Power & Respect (1998). Dissatisfied at Bad Boy, the trio moved to Ruff Ryders Entertainment in 1999 and released We Are the Streets (2000), another Top Ten album. Each member then built a solo career, making the Lox one of the few groups with a Top Ten Billboard 200 entry from every member. The group later resumed recording together through its own D-Block label, releasing Filthy America... It's Beautiful (2016) and Living Off Xperience (2020). Jadakiss holds a record in this graph (CTL-E-5704); Styles P and Sheek Louch do not yet, and are documented as further gaps rather than minted here.

The record

• Also known as: The L.O.X., D-Block, The Warlocks

Notes

STAGED 2026-10-16 (747 Program, Wave 7, Batch C) — not merged. Gate A: no Lox group record in the live graph (3,443 entities), 2026-10-16 — ABSENT, while Jadakiss (CTL-E-5704) is homed. Vital status: GROUP ACTIVE — years active 1994–present in the sources, with a 2024 single noted by AllMusic. Typing: Person/group per PPL-001 precedent. Edge staged: Jadakiss (CTL-E-5704) related_to → The Lox, membership in evidence. BLOCKED / further gaps (not homed, not minted): Styles P and Sheek Louch — name and alias screening of the live graph returned no records for either; their member edges await their own packets. Minor source variance on the Bad Boy signing year (1995 vs 1996) is not carried as a dated claim in the description. Photo: HELD (see media). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person/group records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: No Commons/LOC file page stating a license was verified for this subject in this pass; slot held rather than f | chart = FILLED | video = HELD (No Shorts Link Map row bills The Lox; no ID guessed.) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared audio for this subject exists at staging; the recorded catalog is label copyrig)

Referenced by

• Jadakiss — related to → this record

Sources

• AllMusic, 'The LOX' biography — Yonkers trio Styles P (David Styles), Jadakiss (Jason Phillips) and Sheek Louch (Sean Jacobs); high-school rapping as the Bomb Squad, then the Warlocks; demo via Jaz-O to Mary J. Blige and Sean Combs; Bad Boy signing and name shortened to the LOX (Living Off Experience); 1997 featured breakthrough; Top Ten debut Money, Power & Respect (1998); Ruff Ryders and We Are the Streets (2000); each member with a Top Ten solo entry; D-Block albums Filthy America... It's Beautiful (2016) and Living Off Xperience (2020) [primary for this record] (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, 'The Lox' — trio of Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss, formed 1994 in Yonkers; signed with Bad Boy Records two years later; Money, Power & Respect (1998); parted with the label for Ruff Ryders Entertainment in 1999; We Are the Streets (2000); labels include D-Block, Roc Nation, Interscope, Ruff Ryders and Bad Boy; years active 1994–present (build store)
• The Source, 'The L.O.X. Dropped Their Second Album We Are The Streets 26 Years Ago' (2026) — We Are the Streets peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; first album after the split from Bad Boy (build store)

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