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 ...

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 is regarded by generations of rap fans as The God MC. But we may need to start referring to him as The God MC / Producer. Sitting in his studio on a sunny July afternoon, he tells Rolling ...

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 o ...

The Bay Area’s storied hip-hop legacy takes center stage next month with the debut of the SF Hip-Hop Festival 2025, a two-day celebration of music, technology and culture. Scheduled to take ...

Rakim has been your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper since he and Eric B dropped Paid in Full in 1987. Credited with shifting the way rappers rap, he is often recognized as the inventor of ...

NAS “Nastradamous” (Columbia)LIL WAYNE “Tha Block Is Hot” (Cash Money)RAKIM “The Master” (Universal)Hip hop has lots of ways to lure you. The flow of the emcee, the beat of the ...

It ain't no joke, playing the Stone Pony is a career goal for Eric B and Rakim. The New York City hip-hop legends play the legendary Asbury Park venue with local rising stars Alexander Simone and ...

Conceived and curated by Rakim himself, Higher Frequency Flowers is currently sold in the social equity dispensary Josephine and Billie’s, a female-founded cannabis speakeasy conveniently (and ...

The celebration of hip-hop music and its 50th anniversary comes to Detroit's Fox Theater at 7 p.m. Saturday, with a robust concert, featuring some of the genre’s biggest names from the golden ...