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Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American record producer and rapper. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founded and was the president of Death Row Records. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985, and later found ...
Suga Free was born in Gardena [1] and raised in Oakland, California, [2] later becoming based in Pomona, California from the age of 11. He began his professional rapping career working with DJ Quik, with Quik serving as the producer on his debut album, Street Gospel, released in 1997, which reached number 37 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop ...
– A&R Dante Ross, on the group's performance at Payday In 1986, Smith, alongside fellow Long Island natives Charlie Brown, Cut Monitor Milo, and Dinco D, formed the East Coast hip hop group Leaders of the New School. Leaders of the New School released their debut album A Future Without a Past... in June 1991 on Elektra Records. Later that year, the group appeared on A Tribe Called Quest's ...
May 1, 2023 · 1993. Ray Tamarra/Getty Images. “Game recognize game in the Bay, mayne,” goes the chorus to JT the Bigga Figga’s best-known track. Issued as part of his 1993 album, Playaz N the Game, the ...
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), [4] known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper and chef. He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop by bringing it to a wider audience. [5]
Bad Azz (rapper) albums (4 P) Ant Banks albums (7 P) Big Syke albums (1 P) Blackalicious albums (6 P) Blood of Abraham albums (2 P) Bloods & Crips albums (3 P) Blu (rapper) albums (1 C, 8 P) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. albums (3 P) Brotha Lynch Hung albums (1 C, 15 P)
This period from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s has been called the "golden age" of hip hop. Although East Coast hip hop was more popular throughout the late 1980s, N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton (released in the summer of 1988) presented the toughened sound of West Coast hip hop, which was accompanied by gritty, street-level subject matter.
