Born on this day in 1968, William Griffith Jr., better known as Rakim Allah, is widely celebrated as one of the greatest emcees ever to grace the mic. His groundbreaking debut album with DJ Eric B., ...

The company has been set up to provide funding, financial tools and education to “independent urban music artists and creators”.

Rakim has recently launched an AI-powered platform that combines ‘music, money, and knowledge’ for independent urban ...

A$AP Relli testified that the gun fired by Rocky during the 2021 incident was a prop gun that shot blanks. Not only that, he ...

Things are revving up for rapper A$AP Rocky and his ongoing criminal trial. The Root previously reported the MC, whose real ...

Amid all the celebrations of Trump returning to US power, turncoat rappers kissing his ring have left the rawest wound.

Having had experience as a DJ before fully committing to the mic, Rakim himself would also scratch on some tracks. “Microphone Fiend” takes the listener back to Rakim’s days as a youngster ...

It just sits there steady, quietly lewd, a bada-bing of a tune as if someone gave Tony Soprano the mic and told him to make like Rakim. Today you might find it appealing but wonder what all the ...

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a ...