Melle Mel, born Melvin Glover in the Bronx, was the lead lyricist of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and...
XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy, was a Florida rapper and singer who helped popularize emo rap and SoundCloud rap in the...
Akon, born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam on April 16, 1973 in St. Louis and raised partly in Senegal, is...
A$AP Yams, co-founder of the A$AP Mob, was the visionary curator behind the Harlem collective's rise. Blending music, fashion, and...
A.G., born Andre Barnes on September 26, 1970 in the Bronx, is a respected underground lyricist who emerged as half...
Ab-Soul, born Herbert Stevens IV, is a Top Dawg Entertainment lyricist celebrated for dense, philosophical rhyme schemes. Living with Stevens-Johnson...
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