Grap Luva is a hip-hop producer and rapper primarily active during the 1990s as a member of the group INI (comprised of himself, Rob-O, and his brother, Pete Rock-- who is himself a producer perpetually listed among the finest and most influential in hip-hop history.) His first appearance was as a guest on the track "The Basement", included on Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992), the first album released by Pete Rock in tandem with his creative partner CL Smooth.