The Polish hip hop scene began in 1990, when American pop-rappers like MC Hammer ("Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em") and Vanilla Ice ("To the Extreme") were popular. The first album by a Polish performer was "East on the Mic" by PM Cool Lee, which featured two songs in Polish. Lee was from Kielce, but Warsaw soon emerged as a center for hip hop. DJ Volt founded the first Polish independent hip hop label, Beat Records and history was made. Though the label didn't last long, it did introduce groups like Trzyha and Molesta. .
