Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rakim Allah, legendary as half of Eric B. & Rakim, was born William Michael Griffin Jr. on Long Island, New York. As a student at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Keith Hutter* Rakim is regarded by generations of rap fans as The God MC. But we may need to start referring to him as The ...

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 ...

Love, Peace and Hip-Hop, the Columbia organization that strives to engage communities through hip-hop culture, has announced the headliner for its signature Hip-Hop Family Day event: Revered rapper ...

Legendary emcee Rakim joins Stretch and Bobbito for a look at his iconic career and life, including reflections on his Islamic faith, the... Rakim Reflects On His Life In Hip-Hop And What Happened ...

Andrew Dansby covered culture and entertainment, both local and national, for the Houston Chronicle. He left the company in January 2025. Andrew came to the Chronicle in 2004 from Rolling Stone, where ...

Duncanville native Rakim Al-Jabbaar is the son of Big Al from the seminal rap crew Nemesis, one of the first hip-hop acts from Dallas to gain national fame in the late ’80s and early ’90s. His ...

As has been stated ad infinitum for decades now, Eric B. & Rakim's debut album is one of the most influential and fully-developed debuts in music history. When a pioneering album becomes so ...

1990: On May 22, 1990, hip-hop duo Eric B & Rakim dropped their third studio album, Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em. Just two LPs in, Eric B. and Rakim were already considered the faces of Rap’s golden age.

More and more artists from the classic era of hi-hop are making their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with each passing year, and deservedly so. Those ranks could be swelled even further this ...