The Jaz
Jonathan Burks, also known as The Jaz or JazO, is a rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, NY, active in the late 1980s through the 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z.
Category: East Coast
Rappers, DJs and collectives from the east coast of the United States…
Binary Star
Binary Star were an alternative hip hop group formed in 1998 that was composed of One Be Lo and Senim Silla.
Group Home
Group Home is an underground hip hop duo, comprised of members Lil’ Dap and Melachi the Nutcracker. They came to prominence as members of the Gang Starr Foundation.
Zhigge
Well here they are: Zhigge! They are from Harlem, and they made some great, fast-paced headbangers, perfect for any Breakdancer, or Old School Hip-Hop lover.
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor. He is known for romantic ballads such as “I Need Love”, “Around the Way Girl” and “Hey Lover” as well as pioneering hip-hop such as “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”, “I’m Bad”, “The Boomin’ System”, and “Mama Said Knock You Out”.
Ghostface Killah
Dennis Coles better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an underground rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Craig Mack
Craig Mack is an American rapper who gained a considerable amount of fame on Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment record label in the 1990s.
Black Sheep
Black Sheep is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, composed of Andres “Dres” Titus and William “Mista Lawnge” McLean.
Lords of the Underground
The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) are a hip-hop trio based out of Newark, New Jersey. MCs Mr. Funke and DoItAll Dupré met DJ Lord Jazz (a native of Cleveland) when all three were undergraduates at Shaw University.