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Posts tagged: Rakim
Rakim, I Am Hip Hop Icon Award: Rapper Gives Inspiring Acceptance Speech -- Video
Rakim was honored with the I Am Hip Hop Icon award at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. ...Read More »
Rap Genius Lines of the Week From Rakim, Don Trip, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar
Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics from the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process. ...Read More »
Kanye West Teams With Skrillex, Brandy Talks Kim Kardashian, Drake Beats Jay-Z & More
Here's some of the biggest news in hip-hop and R&B featuring Kanye West, Brandy, Drake and more. ...Read More »
Eric B. & Rakim's 'Paid in Full' 25 Years Later: 10 Best Lyrics Off the Album
To honor Paid in Full's 25-year anniversary, The BoomBox pulls 10 lines from songs off the album to show the importance of the work and see how far hip-hop has come. ...Read More »
Rap Genius Lines of the Week From Rakim, Fabolous, Fred the Godson, Soul Khan
Rap Genius is supplying The BoomBox with the top lyrics from the week and serving a meaning behind the raps in the process. ...Read More »
Prodigy Reveals His Top Five Favorite Black Artists for Black Music Month
WireImage Mobb Deep's Prodigy celebrates Black Music Month 365 days a year. The veteran rapper ...Read More »
25 Best Collaboration Videos
WireImage | Getty Images Even though a solo single gives an artist their time to shine, ...Read More »
Rakim Performs With Roots for 'Paid in Full' 25th Anniversary
Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images When Rakim took the stage at New York City's Blue Note Jazz Club ...Read More »
Tony Yayo Says 50 Cent Outrapped Rakim -- Say What!
Guillermo Hung, DK Stock | Getty Images In a recent interview, G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo discussed ...Read More »
Eric B. & Rakim Joining Long Island's Music Hall of Fame
Getty Images (2) Golden age rap group Eric B. & Rakim will be inducted into the Long Island ...Read More »
Jay Electronica Says LL Cool J Inspired Him to 'Heal'
im Mosenfelder, Getty Images When Jay Electronica spit rhymes like "N---- I was homeless/ ...Read More »
Top Ten Hip-Hop Soundtracks of the '90s
In the '90s, every hip-hop-themed movie had its own original soundtrack. Classics like ...Read More »
Rock the Bells Recruits Wu-Tang Clan, Slick Rick and Rakim for Full Album Sets
As has been the tradition for the previous two years, Rock the Bells organizers Guerilla Union and ...Read More »
Toure's Top Five Emcees
Who's the best of the best? Over the past few months, Touré, host of Fuse's 'Hip-Hop Shop,' ...Read More »
Rakim Recalls Moment Kool G Rap Was Punched in Face at Tour Stop
Eric B. & Rakim were rap legends both on and off the record. While Eric B. was best known for ...Read More »This Week's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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