Sprite recently launched a new “Obey Your Verse” campaign featuring verses from Missy Elliott, J. Cole and Tupac emblazoned on their cans. To complement the collector’s items, Sprite debuted ...

Born on this date in 1968, William Griffith Jr. aka Rakim Allah is considered the greatest emcee to ever touch the mic. His debut album along with DJ Eric B., Paid In Full, is a necessary piece of Hip ...

Last night, hip-hop legend and God MC, Rakim, held a rare and special performance at the popular New York City venue, SOBs. Rakim, considered as one of the greatest MC's of all-time, performed an epic ...

Mic King joins forces with Rakim on "Hallelujah," a reflective collaboration celebrating lyricism, perseverance and the values of Hip-Hop.

If the bards of 20th century hip-hop are ever immortalized in an anthology, there's a good chance that Rakim will sit atop that list. He was a teenager when he started working with DJ Eric B in the ...

Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, and MC Lyte are not playing with their right to vote and are encouraging others to use theirs as well. Philadelphia’s Overbrook Plaza is normally a parking lot or a shopping ...

What you don’t want to ever want to do is play with the Microphone Fiend and his gift. But that is exactly what MC Serch did when he went on Vlad TV last year and said that Lyor Cohen, then the lead ...

A$AP Rocky’s Hip-Hop experience started while he was still in diapers, literally. His Hip-Hop fanatic parents named the popular new rapper, born Rakim Mayers, after ...

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