IT’S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!!!!!NCCU Homecoming weekend will be EPIC this year with The Return Of The Legends Concerts going down at The DPAC on Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th hosted by 9th Wonder and Shena J!!! Friday Night at The DPAC it’s NICE & SMOOTH, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, LORDS OF […]
Happy Birthday going out to The Microphone Fiend Rakim. Rakim who was named the number #1 Lyricist in Hip Hop in 2012 by The Source Magazine celebrates his 45th birthday today…..Take a look and see why he is The Microphone Fiend…..
Words By Hafeez Raji Rarely do pioneers stay relevant some twenty-five years after coming on the scene to redefine a genre as one William Griffin, aka Rakim bka The R. Over two decades ago my only knowledge of hip hop–or better yet “rap”–revolved literally on my first vinyl album, a compilation of the Sugar Hill […]
Rakim, who’s real name is William Michael Griffin, Jr. is known as one of hip hop’s most influential and skilled MCs of all time. Rakim has always been praised for his lyrical content and flow. At the age of 16, William Michael Griffin joined The Nation of Gods and Earths also known as the 5 Percent […]
VIA: SOHH.COM As we close out an old decade and look forward to a new one, we have to think about some of the biggest trends in Hip-Hop and get some insight from some of the veterans of the game. For rapper Rakim Auto-Tune took over the past decade. “In hip-hop, as far as music and […]
