Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kool G Rap (left) and DJ Polo in New York, 1992. - Credit: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images I grew up in Corona, ...
On this day in Hip Hop history, Queens rap legend Kool G Rap and DJ Polo released their debut album Road To The Riches, which ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nas at the 3rd annual Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards, hosted by the Paid in Full Foundation on October 18, 2025. (Credit: Jerry ...
Kool G Rap’s 4, 5, 6 is an essential document of 1990s East Coast hip-hop, classic in the canon of mafioso rap, and a standout in a legendary catalog with no shortage of high water marks. After a ...
On this day in 1995, Queens lyricist Kool G Rap, already revered as one of hip-hop’s most influential MCs, stepped out on his own with the release of 4,5,6, his first solo album after parting ways ...
When did you first hear Kool G Rap’s music? The first time would have been watching Video Music Box and it was “Road To The Riches.” As kids, we were very big Billy Joel fans — somehow Billy Joel ...
"KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane might form a super hip hop group" - Chris Broussard compares the Clippers to a current rumor involving 80s and 90s rappers teaming up originally appeared ...
The Paid in Full Foundation will honor legendary rappers Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, Kool Rock Ski of The Fat Boys and Jalil Hutchins of WHODINI on Saturday (October 18). Four pioneering Hip-Hop artists ...
Kool G Rap might be making the biggest comeback ever if the rumors are true. He reportedly has a new deal and new music with The Alchemist! Here’s the lowdown from us at AllHipHop: Kool G Rap’s inked ...
Which Came First: The Shift in R&B or the Shift in Intimacy? R&B has always sung about intimacy. The difference now is how plainly it says it. With dazzling cinematic mise en scene, L’Orange crafts a ...
The event, hosted by the Paid in Full Foundation, awards funds to visionary artists who’ve helped shape the genre but never got their due Nas at the 3rd annual Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards, hosted by ...
Jimmy “Super Rhymes” Spicer, whose 15-minute single “Adventure of Super Rhymes” is widely considered hip-hop’s first storytelling rap, died from cancer in 2019 in financial peril. As Russell Simmons’s ...