by MomoduSamuel | Jan 20, 2023 | African American History, People
Robert Earl “DJ Screw” Davis was an American hip-hop Disk Jockey (DJ) who was best known as the creator of the chopped and screw technique, a music technique that slowed down the tempo of songs and became central to the rise of the musical foundation of hip hop. Davis...
by NielsenEuellA. | May 7, 2021 | African American History, People
Lana Michele Moorer is an American DJ, rapper, and actress best known under the stage name MC Lyte. Moorer was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 11, 1970, and by the age of twelve she began rapping using her book of poems and rhymes, under the name Sparkle. Moorer...
by NielsenEuellA. | May 6, 2021 | African American History, People
Lolita Shanté Gooden is an American rapper best known under the stage name Roxanne Shanté. Gooden was born on November 5, 1969 in Queens, New York. She grew up in the Queensbridge Projects, the largest public housing complex in North America. Gooden started rapping at...
by NielsenEuellA. | May 6, 2021 | African American History, People
Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand is a Trinidadian American rapper who performs under the name Foxy Brown. Marchand was born on September 6, 1978 in New York City, New York. Her father, Keith Stahler, a welder, is of Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian descent, and her...
by NielsenEuellA. | May 5, 2021 | African American History, People
Robert “Black Rob” Ross was an American rapper formerly signed to the Bad Boy Records label and was best known for his hit single “Whoa!” Ross was born on July 12, 1969 in Buffalo, New York but he has kept many details about his early life a secret. He grew up in East...
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