Bryan Kareen Jones (born October 31, 1973), better known by his stage name The R.O.C. (Raps On Contact), is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He is a founding member of the group House of Krazees, which was originally active from 1992 until 1997, when Hektic (Monoxide) and Mr. Bones (Jamie Madrox) left to form Twiztid, who were subsequently signed to Psychopathic Records.
After performing as the hype man for Blaze Ya Dead Homie, R.O.C. signed to Hatchet House in 2008. After briefly retiring beginning in 2009, The R.O.C. came out of retirement.
The R.O.C. also has a younger brother named Mr. Y.U.G. (Formerly known as RAGZ), who is a known Detroit artist, and has also been featured on many of his tracks, as well as Cousin Evol of Detroit. He also has other younger brothers that made music, but were not as involved. Rann, Killjoy (who is in lockdown), and Chosen Blessed who was killed in a shooting. The R.O.C. is also cousin of Bamm & Esham (The Boogieman a.k.a. The Unholy) through marriage.
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Career
The R.O.C.'s first album was released with his cousin Big Father Hightop (Evol of Detroit) & produced by Esham under Strength Productions, titled "Rollin' With Strength". In late 1992, The R.O.C. teamed up with fellow Detroit emcees Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo, and the trio then formed House of Krazees. The R.O.C. was first originally the producer of the group and was asked to perform on a couple tracks and it was then decided by Jamie (who went by the name of Big J) and Paul (who went by the name of E.X.P.) that he would be the third member. House of Krazees' catalog was only released on cassette until the group signed to Latnem Intertainment. Problems between House of Krazees and Latnem led the group to leave the label following its 1996 album, Head Trauma. House of Krazees officially disbanded in 1997, due to conflicts with their manager, Walter Stepanenko (Latnem Int. CEO).
Madrox and Monoxide left to join Psychopathic Records in late 1997 as Twiztid. After the last original House of Krazees album, The R.O.C. formed a group with local Detroit acts known as "The Howse" and released one album, titled Esohpromatem which is Metamorphose backwards. It consisted of three official members and a fourth as a feature. They were The R.O.C., Armageddon, The Beast, and Black Widow (Miz Korona) as the feature. Mr. Vitology of Vitology Music Group produced the album and Beast later joined Detroits IT5 Tribe a.k.a. The Indigenous Tribe as Morpheus. The album was also released under HOK's label Latnem Int. After the Howse disbanded, The R.O.C changed his rap name to Sol46. In early 1999, Skrapz joined Sol to help finish HOK's last album 'The Night They Kame Home', and the House of Krazees name was then retired and ended any relationship with Latnem Int..
SOL and Skrapz formed Halfbreed on their own record label, Virus Independent with label mates Mr. F.Reeze (later Dial81) and brother Mr. Y.U.G. and his group 2winn Gunnz with friend 1-I-Bandit. SOL also released another solo album and his only under his second stage name, titled Wormholes.
The R.O.C. later became the hype man for Psychopathic Records artist Blaze Ya Dead Homie. He appears on Blaze's 2007 album Clockwork Gray, on the tracks "Ill Connect", "Inside Looking Out" and "E.O.D." The R.O.C. signed to Hatchet House in 2008 and released an EP, Welcome To The Darkside. In Blaze Ya Dead Homie's pamphlet in Clockwork Gray there was a promotion for a new group formed called Zodiac MPrint composed of The R.O.C.' and Blaze Ya Dead Homie and their new album titled Horrorscope to be released in 2008. Nothing came of the album and The R.O.C. left in 2009. Also on Clockwork Gray, there was a song by a group called Samhein Witch Killaz composed of Zodiac MPrint and Twiztid. They were set to release their debut album titled Bloodletting but after The R.O.C. left Hatchet House the group disbanded. In 2011 on Twiztid's official Twitter account they were asked if Samhein Witch Killaz would ever reform and release another song or their debut album, and the response was "No". Now that Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie and The R.O.C. are no longer on Psychopathic Records, Samhein Witch Killaz could possibly reform and release their debut album on Twiztid's new record label.
Discography
Solo career
Rollin' With Strength EP (1992) (Strength Productions)
X-Posed (1996) (Latnem Records)
Wormholes EP (2001) [as Sol46] (Virus Independent)
Bits & Pieces (2004) (Independent)
I'm Here EP (2005) (Independent)
Oh Hell No! (2006) (Independent)
Welcome To The Darkside EP (2008) (Hatchet House)
The Fucking Preylewd EP (GOTJ 2016) (Majik Ninja Entertainment)
Digital Voodoo (April 14, 2017) (Majik Ninja Entertainment)
Monsters Ain't Real (November 15, 2019)(Majik Ninja Entertainment)
Zodiac MPrint
Ride The Stars EP (May 20, 2016) (Majik Ninja Entertainment)
House of Krazees
Home Sweet Home (1993)
Home Bound (1994)
Season Of The Pumpkin (1994)
Outbreed (1995)
Head Trauma (1996)
Collectors Edition 97 ("Remix & Rewind") (1997)
The Night They Kame Home (1999)
Casket Cutz (2013)
Post Apocalyptic World (2018)
31 (2024)
I Heart 31 (2025)
Samhein Witch Killaz
Bloodletting EP (September 2024)
HalfBreed
Serial Killaz
Killaz Of The World (Unreleased)
KontamiNATION
Rage of The Plague
The End
The Howse
Esohpromatem
Level Jumpers
Simply Complex
Red Pyramid