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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...