Kool G Rap’s 4, 5, 6 is an essential document of 1990s East Coast hip-hop, classic in the canon of mafioso rap, and a standout in a legendary catalog with no shortage of high water marks. After a ...

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. Also known as the Kool Genius of Rap, the Queens native of a spitter ...

On this day in 1995, Queens lyricist Kool G Rap, already revered as one of hip-hop’s most influential MCs, stepped out on his own with the release of 4,5,6, his first solo album after parting ways ...

(AllHipHop News) Kool G Rap, one of the early pioneers of the mafioso rap style that was adopted by rappers like The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, and Raekwon, says he does not take pride in any of ...

Kool G Rap, one of hip-hop’s most influential pioneers, celebrates his birthday today, July 20. The rap legend is now 50. Often revered as an innovator of the storytelling and mafioso style of rap, G ...

1989: Hip-hop duo and Juice Crew members Kool G Rap & DJ Polo dropped their debut album, Road to the Riches on March 14, 1989. The Cold Chillin' Records release, produced entirely by Marley Marl, ...

It has been 20 years since the Golden Era of Hip-Hop came to an end and the rise of “shiny suit” rap began unfurling. As the genre began to change, Hip-Hop heads found hope in a rapper from Brooklyn ...

Rozay married luxury rap opulence and grandiosity to a more Miami-driven strain of mafioso rap, landing in rap superstardom with 2005s "Hustlin'." Ross would become one of the most consistent ...