When hip-hop got its start 50 years ago, it was a DJ cutting between two record albums and an MC rhyming over the beats. The the rhymes had predictable patterns; they almost always fell at the ends of ...

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. With ...

In an interview with AllHipHop, the legendary DJ talks about their second Rock Hall nomination, the secret to their longevity and that time his father whipped out a .38 Special to scare them into ...

One of the most recognized duos in Hip Hop, Eric B. & Rakim, were nominated for the 2024 Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame Induction, however, the Paid In Full posse didn’t make the cut against some of ...

'Congratulations to the diverse group of artists inducted into the Rock Hall this year. Seeing Tribe and Mary on the list besides Cher, Ozzy, Kool and the Gang and all of the other icons shows how ...

With their 1987 debut album Paid in Full, Eric B. & Rakim introduced internal rhyme schemes to rap, and changed the flow of hip-hop forever. Eric B. & Rakim change the flow of rap with 'Paid in Full' ...