Born on this day in 1968, William Griffith Jr., known to the world as Rakim Allah, turns 58 and remains universally revered as one of the greatest emcees to ever touch a microphone. Often referred to ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, veteran MC Rakim released his debut solo LP, The 18th Letter. Coming off of the infamous split of Eric B. and Rakim and a five-year hiatus, this album was surprisingly ...

“I start to think and then I sink/ Into the paper like I was ink/ When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between/ The lines/ I escape when I finish the rhyme.” The first time I heard these lines from Eric B ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghostface Killah‘s sequel to his critically acclaimed LP Supreme Clientele is on the way. The Staten Island rapper and Wu-Tang ...