Latest Release
- 10 JUN 2024
- 1 Song
- How the Gods Chill · 2014
- The Pre-Kill, Vol. 2 · 1992
- 4, 5, 6 · 1995
- 36 Seasons · 2014
- The Pre-Kill, Vol. 2 · 1992
- The Pre-Kill, Vol. 2 · 1992
- Last of a Dying Breed · 2022
- Last of a Dying Breed · 2022
- Last of a Dying Breed Instrumentals · 2022
- Return of the Don · 2017
Music Videos
- 2018
- 2003
Artist Playlists
- Respect this East Coast gangsta rap architect.
- A mafioso-rap don's profound influence—both thematic and musical.
Compilations
About Kool G Rap
Few rappers can claim to have changed hip-hop on a formal or narrative level; Kool G Rap did both. Born Nathaniel Wilson in 1968 and raised in Corona, Queens, G Rap met his creative partner, DJ Polo, when they were just teenagers. The pair’s first recording, 1986’s “It’s a Demo”, landed G Rap a spot in Mr. Magic and Marley Marl’s legendary Juice Crew; two years later, he appeared on Marley’s landmark posse cut “The Symphony”. The three albums G Rap cut with Polo between 1989 and 1992—Road to the Riches, Wanted: Dead or Alive and Live and Let Die—are all masterpieces, and his solo debut, 1995’s 4,5 6, is perhaps more vividly imagined than any of them. G Rap is widely credited with creating mafioso rap, mapping Italian mob mythos on to Black American street life; this influenced rappers like JAY-Z, Nas and The Notorious B.I.G. What’s more, he delivered these crime tales through knotty internal rhymes, his technique dazzling but never overwhelming his writing or his New York swagger. His later albums reveal a voice that has only grown wiser with age.
- HOMETOWN
- Queens, NY, United States
- BORN
- 20 July 1968
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap