The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts in Hamburg, Germany in 2000
Background information
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1989–2009, 2016[1]
Labels	Combat, Relativity, Violator, Loud, Landspeed, Penalty
Members	JuJu Psycho Les
Past members	Fashion (later Al' Tariq) V.I.C.

The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 14,^[2] 1968) is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez on April 10,^[3] 1970) is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights, Queens. Although only peripheral members, they are routinely acknowledged by Q-Tip as being members of Native Tongues. The Beatnuts were originally a trio before Fashion (born Berntony Smalls on January 13, 1970), now known as Al' Tariq, left the group to start a solo career. V.I.C. (Groove Merchantz, Ghetto Pros) was also a member of The Beatnuts' production team for a while.