Kool G Rap
- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- horrorcore, golden age hip-hop, gangsta rap, old-school hip-hop, East Coast hip-hop
Kool G Rap is an American rapper from Queens, active since 1986 and associated with gangsta rap, horrorcore and the golden age of hip-hop. Born in 1968, he released his first album, 4, 5, 6, in 1995.
Next date in Liverpool: 6 March 2027 at 24 Kitchen Street.
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- Latest album
- Last Of A Dying Breed (2022)
- Born
- 1968 · Queens
- Origin
- United States
- Active since
- 1986
- Label
- Cold Chillin'
About — The artist
Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap), is an American rapper. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time, and a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster Sam Giancana), but on other occasions he has stated that it stands for "Genius".
He has also been cited as a major influence on some of hip-hop's most critically acclaimed figures, such as the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Eminem and Jay-Z, as well as many underground rappers.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kool G Rap” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Discography
- 4, 5, 6 1995
- Roots of Evil 1998
- The Giancana Story 2002
- Click of Respect 2003
- Half a Klip 2008
- Riches, Royalty & Respect 2011
- Return of the Don 2017
- Son of G Rap 2018
- Last Of A Dying Breed 2022