On this date in the infamous year of 1988, the “Human Orchestra” Biz Markie released his debut full-length album Goin’ Off on Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Produced exclusively by legendary Queensbridge superproducer DJ Marley Marl, Goin Off introduced singer TJ Swan and a then-unknown rapper named Big Daddy Kane. The […]
On this day in 1989, Big Daddy Kane released his sophomore album It’s a Big Daddy Thing on the Warner Bros./Cold Chillin label. Along with being a successful follow up to Kane’s classic debut, this album was the first to suggest Big Daddy Kane be Hip Hop’s sex symbol. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information With […]
Today marks the 52nd birthday of Grammy Award-winning lyricist Big Daddy Kane! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born on this day in 1968, Brooklynite Antonio Hardy aka Big Daddy Kane stepped on the scene with the Juice Crew in the late ’80s and has been rocking the mic and setting cultural trends ever since. Even […]
On this date in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their very first album on the quintessential, yet now defunct Hip-Hop label Cold Chillin’ Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As esteemed members of the world famous, Queens-based Juice Crew, G. Rap and Polo dropped this project […]
What’s beef? Well, it’s one of the most synonymous occurrences in Hip-Hop that, regardless of how much people try to protest it, gets factored into the culture on a level of near entertainment. Basically, we really can’t just all get along. Sometimes though, rap wars can get a little scary. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information […]
Mafioso rap pioneer Kool G Rap is reportedly on the verge of pursuing a massive lawsuit against American retail chain Finish Line after being wrongfully accused of stealing a pair of big-ticket sneakers. According to G Rap, the only reason why he was targeted for the offense is because he is a Black man, an […]
Today, July 20 marks the birthday of one of Hip-Hop’s most innovative emcees of all time, Kool G Rap. The Golden Era icon turns 50. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Also known as the Kool Genius of Rap, the Queens native of a spitter is a certified member of the Hip-Hop Legends club. Under Cold […]
Highly praiseworthy in the name of Hip-Hop, Big Daddy Kane will be inducted into the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Garden Celebrity Path and will also receive the key to the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Sunday (June 24). Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born Antonio Hardy, the Smooth Operator’s rap moniker will be engraved […]
While Roxanne Shanté is experiencing a huge rebirth with the release of her Roxanne Roxanne biopic, many are wondering what ever happened to Tyrone “Fly Ty” Williams— producer of the legendary Rap Attack radio show with Mr. Magic and Marley Marl, owner of Cold Chillin’ Records and manager of the Juice Crew. Well, Fly Ty […]
Juice Crew’s Craig G, as heard as one of the legendary voices on Marley Marl’s 1988 classic single “The Symphony” (along with Masta Ace, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane) on Cold Chillin’ Records is coming back onto the stage of battle rap. Now 24 years after his infamous battle with Indiana’s MC Supernatural, the legendary […]
Brooklyn’s Masta Ace heads back down under this week for a string of shows across the East Coast of Australia in Sydney and Melbourne. Ace is supported by local heavyweights including the esteemed DJ Shan Frenzie, host of Australia’s longest ever running weekly mixshow – Groove Therapy, and rapper N’fa Jones, who with the group 1200 […]
With all of the conversations about the validity of today’s Hip Hop vs. the Hip Hop of the “Golden Era”, it’s refreshing when all of the smoke and mirrors are stripped down and there’s nothing left but skills. When J. Bair made the pilgrimage from Pennsylvania to the Mecca of Hip Hop, he knew to […]
