Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting principally of the duo Mad Child and Prevail. They have been called "two of the most innovative people in hip-hop".Shapiro, P: "The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop", page 53. Rough Guides, 2005 Band history Swollen Members was founded in the mid-1990s by Vancouverites Mad Child (Shane Bunting), Prevail (Kiley Hendriks), and Moka Only (Daniel Denton). Having begun a solo career while living in San Francisco, California, Mad Child returned with Jeremy Spittle to Vancouver for some work. There they met Prevail and Moka Only, who had been working together. The four joined together under the name Swollen Members. Soon after, however, Moka Only decided he wanted to pursue a solo career and left the group. In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in San Diego, California, where Mad Child won several rap battles and was initiated i

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