DJ Eclipse opens the treasure box with rare footage of the Iconic Big Daddy Kane killing it at the infamous New York City venue Tramps back in ’99 at a Prince Paul Show. King Kane is easily one of the greatest live performers a rap audience has ever seen. In this footage he performs most of his verse from “The Symphony", “Ain’t No Half Steppin”, and “Young Gifted And Black”. […]
Never seen before photos of our New York Hip Hop legends from the 1970s - 1990s taken by three photographers has been unearthed. The photographers Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo and Martha Cooper photographically documented the pioneering culture between these periods, and have now made these photos available to the public. The photos include shots of none other than Rakim, JDL of Cold Crush, LL Cool J, High Times Crew, Salt N Pepa, […]
The world premiere of "Fresh Dressed" was screened at the "Sundance Film Festival", where Hip Hop fashion trends is looked at, as well as the inner city culture that inspired them. This documentary is co-produced by Nas, and Nas also blessed the documentary with his commentary. Other commentaries are made by the legendary Big Daddy Kane, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. Nelson Liu from Mass Appeal stated What the film demonstrates is that […]
After retired battle rapper Big Daddy Kane was asked if he would battle Rakim for half a million bucks, the legend from Brooklyn said why not. Kane also mentioned how he was suppose to battle Rakim back in 1989 at a pay-per-view event called Rap Mania by Van Silk. The other battles on the day were suppose to be LL Cool J vs Kool Moe Dee, and the Furious Five […]
