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.’ ...

Eric Barrier—half of the legendary hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim—had just learned they were nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when he picked up the phone for this interview.

Rakim Reflects On His Life In Hip-Hop And What Happened With Eric B. There's a good reason why legendary emcee Rakim is known as "The God" among hip-hop fans and disciples. He was just a teenager ...

Hip-hop legends Eric B and Rakim were in the house — and so was Gov. Phil Murphy. Murphy introduced Eric B and Rakim Tuesday, June 13, for their North to Shore Festival show at the Stone Pony in ...

Mariah Carey’s BET Awards performance sparked outrage after Louis “Uncle Louie” Gregory called out the glaring absence of Hip-Hop pioneer Eric B.

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 ...

Long Island’s Mariah Carey has released her first new song in several years and it samples another local act, hip-hop legends ...

On this date in 1990, DJ Eric B. and Hip Hop’s number one microphone fiend Rakim dropped LP number three entitled Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em. One of our most coveted Five Mic classics, Let The ...

But in 1987, there was a seismic shift in the complexity of rap activated by Eric B. & Rakim and their album Paid in Full. They introduced internal rhyme schemes that pushed rap into new ...

Here are the beats we gathered from Friday’s b-girl and Saturday’s b-boy competition, with plenty of help from the music recognition app Soundhound. (Photos in top image of Dominika Banevic of ...

It's been almost seven years since Carey released her last album, 2018 project Caution. Since then she has mainly focused on ...