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Rappers from Brooklyn

  • FabolousJohn David Jackson stood before the microphone on the 18th of November 1977. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Breevort Houses within Bedford-Stuyvesant.
  • Jay-ZShawn Corey Carter entered the world on the 4th of December 1969 within Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He grew up inside the Marcy Houses public…
  • RaekwonCorey Woods was born on the 12th of January 1970 in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He grew up under the care of his mother while his father struggled with addiction.
  • 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…
  • The Notorious B.I.G.Christopher George Latore Wallace was born at Cumberland Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on the 21st of May 1972. He grew up in the Clinton Hill neighborhood…
  • Sean PriceSean Duval Price entered the world on the 17th of March 1972. He grew up in the borough of Brooklyn during a time when hip hop was transforming from local…