UTFO

{{Short description|American hip hop band}}

{{distinguish|UFO (band)}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2017}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = UTFO

| background = group_or_band

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| origin = Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

| genre = Hip-hop

| years_active = 1983–1992

| label = {{hlist|Select|Jive/RCA}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Full Force|The Real Roxanne|Whodini|Whistle}}

| past_members =

• Doctor Ice
• Educated Rapper (EMD)
• Kangol Kid
• Mix Master Ice

}}

UTFO (an abbreviation for Untouchable Force Organization) was an American hip-hop group from Brooklyn, New York City.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=350}}

The group consisted of Kangol Kid (born Shaun Shiller Fequiere; August 10, 1966 – December 18, 2021), Educated Rapper (EMD) (born Jeffrey Campbell; July 4, 1963 – June 3, 2017), Doctor Ice (born Fred Reeves on March 2, 1966), and Mix Master Ice (born Maurice Bailey on April 22, 1965). The group's best-known single is "Roxanne, Roxanne", a widely acclaimed hip hop classic, which created a sensation on the hip hop scene soon after it was released and inspired a record-high of 25 answer records in a single year (Roxanne Wars),{{cite web|url=https://allhiphop.com/2008/09/01/yo-kangol-industry-advisor/|title=Yo Kangol!: INDUSTRY ADVISOR |date=1 September 2008|publisher=All HipHop|access-date=7 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/14/arts/the-pop-life-188726.html|title=THE POP LIFE|editor=Palmer, Robert|date=14 August 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=7 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/13/utfo-roxanne-wars|title=The Roxanne wars|date=12 June 2011|editor=MacInnes, Paul|work=The Guardian|access-date=7 October 2017}} with estimates ultimately spawning over 100.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C&pg=PR36|title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide|editor=Hess, Mickey|page=36 (xxxvi)|date=25 November 2009|isbn=9780313343216|publisher=ABC-CLIO|access-date=7 October 2017}} The most notable remake was done by Marley Marl's protégée Roxanne Shanté, which led to hip hop's first rap beef.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/roxanne-shante-and-the-first-rap-beef |title=The story of the first ever rap beef|editor=Wilkinson, Dan|date=13 August 2015|publisher=RedBull|access-date=7 October 2017}} "Roxanne, Roxanne" was originally the B-side of the lesser-known single "Hangin' Out". Due to personal issues, Educated Rapper was absent for its second effort, Skeezer Pleezer (1986), which produced one notable track with the song "Split Personality". EMD was, however, on one album track, "Pick Up the Pace", also featured in the movie Krush Groove.

In 2008, "Roxanne, Roxanne" was ranked #84 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-w435246/too-hort-freaky-tales-w440318|title=100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time|date=2 June 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=7 October 2017}}