Living Legends found their start in the Bay Area around 1995. The group started as a collaboration between hip-hop crew the Mystik Journeymen and artist Grouch. The threesome headed to Europe where they took their grassroots sound and approach to the music business on tour. When they returned to the States, trio 3MG (Three Melancholy Gypsies) and another three artists joined the Legends to make the group official.