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This is a list of American hip-hop musicians from New York City, New York This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Pages in category "Musical groups from Oakland, California" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category is for rappers who are from or lived in Oakland, California during their careers. Pages in category "Rappers from Oakland, California" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
The Coup is an American hip hop band from Oakland, California.Their music is an amalgamation of influences, including funk, punk, hip hop, and soul.Frontman Boots Riley's revolutionarily-charged lyrics rank The Coup as a renowned political hip hop band aligned to radical music groups such as Crass, Dead Prez and Rage Against the Machine.
Crown City Rockers is a five-member hip hop band from Oakland, California, by way of Boston, Massachusetts and Pasadena.Formerly known as Mission, the name under which they released their first album, [1] they play old school hip hop music with live instrumentation [2] [3] [4] (similar to other hip hop groups like: Gym Class Heroes, The Roots, N.E.R.D, and Stetsasonic).
He was presented with the key to the city of Oakland by city council member Laurence E. Reid in recognition of the participation of Brown's ABS Ken-Struk-Shen in refurbishing parts of the city. Reid proclaimed October 19 Al B. Sure! Day. Brown was a DJ on the Los Angeles radio station KHHT, and played old-school hip hop and R&B. He currently ...
In 2005, the collective released a live DVD and accompanying CD of the Hiero's 2003 Full Circle Tour. The collective has also released five compilation albums: Hiero B-Sides and Hiero Oldies Vol. I in 1997, Hiero Oldies Vol. II in 1998, The Building in 2004, The Corner in 2005, and most recently, Over Time , in March 2007.
Shock G formed the group in 1987 with Tampa hip-hop radio deejay Kenneth "Kenny-K" Waters and Jimi "Chopmaster J" Dright of Berkeley, California. [ 1 ] Heavily influenced by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled such music frequently, which became a defining element of West Coast rap.