According to AllHipHop, four of the genre’s most revered pioneers—Rakim, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, and Kool G Rap—are said to ...

N.O.R.E. Gives The God MC a Hero’s Welcome at Rock The Bells Festival 2025 On June 28, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, N.O.R.E. (Victor James Santiago Jr.) delivered what many are ...

Rakim is renowned for his calm demeanor on and off the mic, but the rap legend got a bit riled up after unruly fans tossed bottles in his direction during a recent performance.. The New York ...

Rakim Allah, legendary as half of Eric B. & Rakim, was born William Michael Griffin Jr. on Long Island, New York. As a student at Wyandanch High School he occasionally skipped class, and one day ...

If you listened to hip-hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was all about Eric B. & Rakim. The New York-based duo was known for their unique sound, which was the perfect blend of DJ Eric B ...

Rapper Rakim is looking back at a 1992 lyric that fans believe "predicted 9/11," and opened up about the prophetic line in a new interview with Stereogum.

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It’s the day before Rakim Al-Jabbaar's seventh studio album, FM4840: Loyal to the Soil, is released on May 20, and he’s reminiscing about how his hometown, Duncanville—a suburb southwest of ...

As Rakim tells AllHipHop, “Independent urban music artists and creators often struggle to gain financial stability despite their market impact. With Notes, ...

Rakim, American, born 1968 Apollo Theater, American, founded 1934 Description A color photograph of Rakim captured mid-performance at the Apollo Theater. Rakim is pictured in the center of the image ...

Rakim, a pillar in Hip Hop who has long solidified himself as one of the greatest emcees of all time, has officially kicked off his new venture into the financial technology (fintech) realm.On ...

A new supergroup called Mt. Rushmore featuring Rakim, KRS-One, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane is reportedly almost finalized—but there are some surprises!