Facts:   - years active: 1995 -- present    - past members: joe thompson    - caption: down their concert in dresden , germany low on 16 july 1999 , shortly before    - origin: germany    - label: k-town    - genre: hip hop      - name: down low    - image size: 200px    - background: group_or_band    - image: down_low_1999 . jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of down low -lrb- rap group -rrb- .
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down low is a rap group formed in kaiserslautern , germany , in 1995 by joe thompson and darren tucker .the group is known for hits like `` johnny b. '' down low are considered as one of the first groups to bring hip-hop music in a european style in the middle of the 1990s together with artists such as c-block , nana and a.k. s.w.i.f.t.