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Bahiyyah Clark, [1] [2] born Wendy Clark (c. 1962), better known by her stage name Lady B, is an American radio DJ and rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.She is one of the earliest female rappers in hip hop, and the first female hip hop artist to record a single, "To the Beat, Y'all", in 1979.
Naseem Rafeeq Young (born August 12, 2000), [1] [2] known professionally as 2Rare, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He is best known for his guest appearance on NLE Choppa's 2022 single "Do It Again", which received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and entered the Billboard Hot 100.
Freeway was born Leslie Pridgen on August 6, 1978, in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He adopted his moniker from the name of the infamous drug trafficker "Freeway" Rick Ross as he found no one wanted to listen to a rapper named Leslie.
Derrick Gray was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Virginia and Jeff Gray. [4] Gray first gained experience in music as a member of his church's choir. [6] His family moved to Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, when he was in seventh grade, and he attended Hanby Middle School, Brandywine High School, and Red Lion Christian Academy, before graduating from Concord High School in 2012.
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1973), [1] better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia.
In 2007, Tone Trump teamed up with fellow Philadelphia-area rappers Jay Bezel and Hedonis da Amazon to produce an antiviolence single entitled "Every Day Is Crazy." [ 4 ] One of Tone Trump's songs was chosen for the soundtrack for Close to Death , a documentary on urban gun violence by Philadelphia-based producers, getting him on the radar of a ...
Abdul Ibrahim West (born May 11, 1982), [1] [2] better known by his stage name AR-Ab (also referred to as King AB), is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He is a member of OBH (Original Block Hustlaz), a rap group he co-founded with frequent collaborator Dark Lo.