The L.A. Dream Team was an old school west coast hip-hop act from Los Angeles, California, active from 1985-1989, 1993, and 1996. They are part of an elite and small group of rappers that pioneered the newly emerging electro-hop scene on the west coast. The founder of the L.A. Dream Team, Rudy Pardee, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 29, 1957, and later moved to California. There he later met Chris "Snake Puppy" Wilson who shared similar tastes and ideas in music.