Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Gangsta-funk rapper Akinyele (aka Akinyele Adams) followed the obscenity-laced recordings of 2 Live Crew with his own homage to sex on his 1993 debut, Vagina Diner. Recorded for Interscope, it was followed a year later by Bomb. After moving to Zoo Records, Akinyele found an underground radio hit with the title track from his 1996 EP, Put It in... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s
After trailblazing around the globe numerous times with Gang Starr as a core member of the Gang Starr Foundation, Big Shug, who has appeared on Gang Starr classics such as 1994's Hard To Earn, 1998's Moment Of Truth, and 2003's Gold-certified The Ownerz, follow's up his 2005 debut, Who's Hard, with his sophomore LP -- Streetchamp.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Born James Campbell in Westbury, NY, in 1969, veteran rapper Freddie Foxxx was in a group by the age of ten and made his recorded debut as Freddie C. in 1986 on a 12" by Supreme Force. He landed a deal with MCA and released Freddie Foxxx Is Here in 1989. After making noted appearances on records by Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, Boogie Down Productions,... [+] Read More