…create a more peaceful coexistence that would build up their communities together and connect an angry black youth to its African heritage. Even now, 40 years later, this group endures…
…nominations for Common’s “The Light” (Best Solo Rap Performance, 2001) and Badu’s “Didn’t Cha Know” (R&B Song of the Year, 2001). The following year saw the release of Yancey’s solo…
…also a Kelly Park Compton Crip. He would later quit gang-banging because he wasn’t making enough money. In 1983, Patterson began attending Dominguez High School, where he met his future…
…youngest ever, Best Director nominee. Later highlights included Poetic Justice (starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur), Higher Learning, Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers, and his final film, 2011’s…
…released the album. It was only until years later in 1998 that Bobbito Garcia made Black Bastards’ demos and some instrumentals available on his Fondle ‘Em indie label, and Sub…
…Sweet James Jones Stories, on March 1, 2005. Bun B later released his own solo foray, Trill, on October 18, 2005. It opened at #6 on the Billboard Hot 200,…
…Later on, the crews went away and we were left with small groups, like Boogie Down Productions, Run DMC, and Whodini. Even later, the game became about solo artists or…
Before Murray ever recorded an album, he traded verses with Big Daddy Kane under the name MC Do Damage. Later, he was introduced to Erick Sermon of EPMD by K-Solo….
…later released on N.W.A’s Greatest Hits. “Real N*****” also appears on N.W.A’s final studio album, Efil4zaggin, a year later; the 2003 remastered edition of the album appended the rest of…
…(Ice T’s real name) inspiration. After spending a few years honing his craft by creating music for videos and releasing various recordings, Ice-T signed with Sire Records in 1987. Later…
…was a Hip Hop classic with great cuts including “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” and “Straighten It Out.” They later collaborated with Mary J. Blige for a remix of her…
…that their pasts are behind them and that questions pertaining to these events are not relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XOrYTltuaU Their self-titled debut album was released on August 11, 2009 on E1 Music….