Danny Boy

ABOUT DANNY BOY

Born Daniel O'Connor, he is a rapper best known for being a member of the hip-hop group House of Pain .

He moved to California in the 1980's, where he attended William Howard Taft High School.

He is best known for being a hype man and second live MC for House of Pain, which released the hit song "Jump Around" in 1992.

His family is from Brooklyn, New York. His father was incarcerated when O'Connor was two months old. O'Connor and his mother moved to Los Angeles when he was six. When O'Connor was 17, his father, a homeless alcoholic, was murdered by someone who poured gasoline on him to set him on fire.

He was in House of Pain with DJ Lethal , who went on to DJ for the Fred Durst -fronted band Limp Bizkit.