Fresh Kid Ice, born Christopher Wong Won on May 29, 1964, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, also known as The Chinaman, was a Trinidadian-American rapper and record producer best known as a co-founding member of the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew. Emigrating to the United States at age 12, he graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York, before enlisting in the United States Air Force. While stationed in California, he co-founded 2 Live Crew in 1984, relocating with the group to Miami, Florida, in 1985. He wrote and performed the group's 1986 single “Throw The 'D'”, which helped establish the Miami bass sound, and contributed to their Gold-certified debut studio album, The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, in 1986, as well as their 1989 studio album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be. He launched his solo career with the studio album The Chinaman in 1992, followed by Still Nasty in 2000, Stop Playin in 2003, and Freaky Chinese in 2004. He published his autobiography, My Rise 2 Fame, in 2015. He died in Miami on July 13, 2017, at age 53.
