Scott's Earlier Career.......

This may come as a suprise to many of Scott's fans (it was to me) that in the early '90's, Scott was involved in a rap group entitled 'Whooliganz'.

I had never heard anything of this till I was browsing through some old teen magazines I had and came across a picture of the group in the July 1994 issue of Bop.

This is the quote which went along with picture -

"Alan "Mudfoot" Maman, 16, and Scott "Mad Skillz" Caan, 17, of Whooliganz won't be mistaken for any of the kids on Full House. But despite a tough rep, a CD called Make Way for the "W" and single called "Don't Mean Nuttin", they still do their homework."

So I did a did a little investigating on the web (a big thanks to Natalie for pointing me in tne right direction) and came across this Whooliganz bio on the icast website -

"Mad Skillz (b. Scott Caan, c.1975; the son of actor James Caan) and Mudfoot (Alan Maman, c.1977) are two white rappers from Beverly Hills (zip code 90210 no less) who have been endorsed by one of the hottest names in rap, B-Real ( Cypress Hill ). This fortunate state of affairs came about when the duo were recording with QDIII in Los Angeles in the early 90s, where B-Real heard their demo. The first results of this match were aired on their "Put Your Handz Up", which featured Everlast on its b-side cut, "Hit The Deck". They moved on to use the production skills of T Ray, the Baka Boys and Lethal ( House Of Pain ) for the follow-up album, fighting shy of too many comparisons to Cypress Hill or the Soul Assassins enclave." © 1948-2000, Muze Inc.

So, it seems that Scott is not only a talented actor but also a musician too!

* To hear a sample of the Whooliganz single entitled "Put Your Handz Up", that still seems to be available, follow this link to the CDNow website.

Picture © Bop magazine