The latest set of Kendrick Lamar bars is on Clipse’s “Chains & Whips” single. In the verse, the GNX legend saluted another Hip-Hop icon in Rakim, for his being a flagbearer for the culture: “Let’s be ...

The legendary rapper appreciated the shoutout by reciprocating the love. By Angel Diaz Rap’s professor emeritus Rakim responded to Kendrick Lamar name-dropping him on his “Chains & Whips” guest verse ...

Hip-hop and the fintech community collide with this new platform for creators. Legendary artist Rakim Allah, the lyrical genius of lyrical hip-hop duo, Eric B & Rakim, has launched an AI-powered ...

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with RAKIM, one of hip-hop’s most influential ...

Today in 1968, William Michael Griffin Jr. — best known as Rakim — was born, making him 57. Rakim grew up on Long Island, New York, and got involved in New York City's hip-hop scene at 18 when he ...

Rakim is responsible for changing the way rappers approach rhyming in the 1980s and is regarded as the greatest living MC of all time. Now, Rakim is moving into the fintech space via his new ...

Rakim Allah, legendary as half of Eric B. & Rakim, was born William Michael Griffin Jr. on Long Island, New York. As a student at Wyandanch High School he occasionally skipped class, and one day his ...

Rakim is renowned for his calm demeanor on and off the mic, but the rap legend got a bit riled up after unruly fans tossed bottles in his direction during a recent performance. The New York native was ...

In "Casualties of War," the hip-hop great rapped: "I look for shelter when a plane is over me/ Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G." Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV ...