Curated category
Five percenters
- Eric B. & RakimEric Barrier stood in the basement of a home in Wyandanch, New York. He held a record by Fonda Rae that played "Over Like A Fat Rat".
- Wu-Tang ClanIn the late 1980s, cousins Robert Diggs, Gary Grice, and Russell Jones formed a group named Force of the Imperial Master in Staten Island.
- Large ProfessorWilliam Paul Mitchell was born in Harlem on the 21st of March 1972. He grew up in Flushing, Queens, where he attended IS 237 and John Bowne High School.
- Brand NubianIn 1988, Grand Puba stood in a recording studio at Jazzy Jay Studios. He needed to find new members after his group Masters of Ceremony dissolved.
- Jeru the DamajaKendrick Jeru Davis was born on the 14th of February 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. He spent his early years in the borough's East New York neighborhood where…
- MF DoomDaniel Dumile entered the world in Hounslow, London on the 13th of July 1971. His mother was from Trinidad and his father came from Zimbabwe.