king sun Archives - New Hip Hop News

Today, Seven Lights Productions in conjunction with the 5% Nation will be holding the Inaugural “Supreme Mathematics Awards” ceremony, which will be held in Brooklyn’s Paragon Ballroom. Hosted by C&C Music Factory’s Freedom Williams, the show features appearances from notable Hip Hop artists such as AZ, Lord Jamar, King Sun and other well known rappers from the 5% culture such as Estee Nack, Raz Fresco, Kasim Allah, Tragedy Khadafi, Lakim Shabazz and countess others.

The award show is the first of its kind, heading off the Nation’s Annual Show And Prove Weekend, which is a celebration of the accomplishment’s of the 5% since the assassination of the Nation’s founder during the same weekend in 1969. This is also a celebration of the Nation’s 60th anniversary, reminiscent of the Nation’s 50th Anniversary celebration, which was held at the World Famous Apollo Theater and featured Erykah Badu, Big Daddy Kane, The World Famous Supreme Team and many others.

The event will also be live streamed from Polygon at 7pm courtesy of Seven Lights Productions and will be presenting awards to notable members of Allah’s 5% Nation as well as the community in areas of music, health, sports, medicine, technology, community affairs and of course, education.

Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE

The post AZ, Lord Jamar, King Sun And More To Perform At Inaugural “Supreme Mathematics Awards” Ceremony In Brooklyn Today first appeared on The Source.

The post AZ, Lord Jamar, King Sun And More To Perform At Inaugural “Supreme Mathematics Awards” Ceremony In Brooklyn Today appeared first on The Source.

Born on this date in 1968, William Griffith Jr. aka Rakim Allah is considered the greatest emcee to ever touch the mic. His debut album along with DJ Eric B., Paid In Full, is a necessary piece of Hip-Hop’s creative history, used as an instructional tool to many up-and-coming emcees and deejays as a style and sound to emulate. There were a few emcees who cashed checks sounding like the “R”, so since it’s said that mockery is the best form of flattery, TheSource.com put together this list of Rakim soundalikes who owe the God some recognition for borrowing from his style.

King Sun
The 6’8″ emcee, whose raps were also saturated with Five Percent Nation vernacular, had a flow and vocal tone that was very similar to Rakim, and being that he came out after Ra, his music immediately drew many comparisons.

MC Rell
With all due respect, this guy was the epitome of what Hip-Hop considered a “biter.” Rell not only dressed exactly like Rakim on his Follow The Leader album cover but only true Rakim fans and Hip-Hop aficionados could tell the difference between this copycat and the 18th Letter. Needless to say, his career was very short-lived.

Antoinette
As the only female on this list, her voice couldn’t possibly sound like the God, but she tried extremely hard to mimic his flow in order to get recognition in the male-dominated field of emceeing. Needless to say, her nemesis and pioneer femcee MC Lyte, used that in her “Beat Biter” battle record, saying, “..you should win a prize as a Rakim soundalike..”

Will Smith on “Summertime”
In possibly one of his most celebrated singles, the lyrical funnyman borrowed Rakim’s slow flow and monotone voice instead of his regular, quirky octave that most fans of his TV sitcom, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, are familiar with.

Grand Daddy I.U.
The rapper known for his “Something New” fame dropped several albums with a voice, flow, and cadence that was identical to Rakim. I.U. passed away in December 2022. RIP

The post Happy 55th Birthday Rakim! 5 Rappers That Made Careers Sounding Like The God MC appeared first on The Source.