ʻO Rakim kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani mele kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani kahi ʻāpana o ka duo kaulana ʻo Eric B. & Rakim. Manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo Rakim ʻo ia kekahi o nā MC akamai loa o nā manawa āpau. Ua hoʻomaka ka rapper i kāna hana hana i ka makahiki 2011.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o William Michael Griffin Jr.
Ma lalo o ka pseudonym haku mele ʻo Rakim, ua hūnā ʻia ka inoa o William Michael Griffin Jr. Ua hānau ʻia ke keikikāne ma Ianuali 28, 1968 ma ke kauhale panalāʻau o Wayandanch, ma Suffolk County (New York).
E like me nā keiki a pau, hele ʻo ia i ke kula. Mai ka wā liʻiliʻi, ua hōʻike ʻo William i kahi talena poetic. I ka makahiki 7, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mele e pili ana iā Mickey Mouse mai lalo o kāna peni.
Ma waho aʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o William i nā talena poetic, ua loaʻa iā ia nā pilikia me ke kānāwai i kona wā ʻōpio. I ka makahiki 12, ua loaʻa i ke kanaka ʻōpio kāna uku mua no ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaua.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hana ʻo William ma lalo o ka inoa pseudonym Kid Wizard. I ka makahiki 1985, ua kaʻana mua ʻo ia i kāna mau mele ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma kona kauhale Wyandanche maoli.
Ua ʻae mua ʻia ka rapper ʻōpio i ka hui hoʻomana Nation of Islam ma 1986. Ma hope iki mai, lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o ka hui People of Gods and Lands. Ua lawe ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Rakim Allah.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o Rakim me Eric B.
Ma 1986, hui ʻo Rakim iā Eric B. I ka wā o ka hui pū ʻana, ua hoʻokuʻu nā kāne i nā album studio 4. ʻO kēia duet he "hanu o ka ea hou" no ka rap ʻAmelika i kēlā manawa.
Ua wehewehe ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Tom Terrell o NPR i ka duo "ʻo ka hui nui loa o DJ a me MC i nā mele pop i kēia lā." Eia kekahi, ua kau nā mea hoʻoponopono o ka pūnaewele About.com i ka duo i ka papa inoa o "The 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Duos of All Time".
Ua koho ʻia nā mea mele no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ma 2011. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hiki i nā rappers ke koho hope loa.
Ua hoʻomaka ka launa ʻana o Rakim lāua ʻo Eric B. i ka wā i pane aku ai ʻo Rakim i ka hoʻolaha a Eric B. e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka MC maikaʻi loa ma New York. ʻO ka hopena o kēia kamaʻāina ʻo ia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ke mele ʻo Eric B. Is President.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia haku mele ma ka inoa kūʻokoʻa ʻo Zakia Records. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele mua o ka duo i ka makahiki 1986.
ʻO ka album mua ʻo Paidin Full
Ma hope o ka hoʻolohe ʻana o ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Def Jam Recordings ʻo Russell Simmons i ke mele o ka poʻe rappers, ua kau inoa ka duo iā Island Records.
Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mele e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou album mua ma Power Play Studios ma Manhattan.
I ka makahiki 1987, ua hoʻokuʻu ka duo i kā lākou album mua, ʻo Paidin Full. He "hewa" loa ka hui ʻana a ua piʻi i ka helu 58 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200 kaulana.
Ua makemake nui ka poe puni mele i na mele: Eric B. Is President, I Ain't No Joke, I Know You Got Soul, Move the Crowd and Paid in Full.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua studio album. Ua hōʻike aku ka duo i kā lākou mau mea aloha i ka hui ʻana o Follow the Leader, i loaʻa iā "kūlana gula".
Ua kūʻai aku ma mua o 500 miliona mau kope o ka album studio lua ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole makemake ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili o Follow the Leader e nā poʻe mele mele wale nō, akā e nā mea hoʻokani mele pū kekahi.
ʻO Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em ʻo ia ke kolu o ka album compilation duo kaulana, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1990, kahi i hoʻomohala hou ʻia ai ke kani o ka duo - ua lawe ʻo Rakim i kahi hoʻopuka ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā mele.
Eia kekahi, ua ʻike nā mea pā i ka "ulu" o ka mea hoʻokani. Ma nā mele, hoʻomaka ka mea mele e hoʻopā i nā kumuhana koʻikoʻi. He mea kūpono ia ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui liʻiliʻi i loaʻa i ka helu ʻelima-mic mai ka makasina kaulana ʻo The Source.
Eia kekahi, i ka hopena o 1990s, ua koho ʻia ka moʻolelo e The Source magazine ma ke ʻano he "Top 100 Rap Albums".
I ka makahiki 1992, ua hōʻike ʻo Eric B. & Rakim i kā lākou album hou ʻO Don't Sweat the Technique i nā mea pā. Ma hope mai, ua lilo ka ʻohi i ka hana hope loa ma ka discography a ka duo.
ʻO ka mele mua o ka hōʻiliʻili he lekiō liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Casualties of War ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Know the Ledge ma ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni Juice i kapa ʻia ʻo Juice (Know the Ledge).
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Eric B. e pūlima me MCA. Ua hopohopo ʻo ia o haʻalele ʻo Rakim iā ia. ʻO ka hoʻoholo a Eric B. ua alakaʻi i kahi hakakā kānāwai lōʻihi a paʻakikī e pili ana i nā mea hoʻokani mele ʻelua a me MCA. Ua hemo ka duo.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana solo o ka rapper Rakim
ʻAʻole haʻalele ʻo Rakim i ka duo. Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi helu nui o nā mea pā. Eia nō naʻe, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana, ua hana ka mea mele me ka noʻonoʻo e like me ka hiki a i ka manawa mua ʻaʻole i hao wale nā mea pā me nā mea hou.
I ka makahiki 1993, ua hōʻike ka rapper i ke mele Heat It Up. ʻO ka hoʻololi hou ʻana ma MCA i hoʻohenehene ʻino i ka lepili ponoʻī. I ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻoholo hope ka mea pena e haʻalele i ka lepili, e hele ana i kahi "ʻauʻau" solo.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka rapper i kahi ʻaelike me Universal Records. I ka makahiki 1996, ua hōʻike ʻo Rakim i kāna mele mele mua ʻo The 18th Letter. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma Nowemapa 1997.
Ua ʻoi aku ka hopena ma mua o nā manaʻo a pau. Ua loaʻa ka hōʻiliʻili i ke kūlana 4 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200. Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa i ka hōʻiliʻili kahi palapala "gula" mai ka RIAA.
I ka hopena o 1990s, ua ʻike ʻia ka rapper ma ʻekolu mau mele ma ka album compilation The Seduction of Claude Debussy e ka hui kaulana ʻo Art of Noise.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Keith Farley o nā mele a pau "hoʻopaʻa pono ka moʻolelo i ka hoʻohana noʻeau o nā breakbeats i hōʻike mua ʻia ma nā hui ʻana o Art of Noise.
Ma kahi o ka manawa like, hōʻike ʻo Rakim i ka lua o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻo The Master. ʻOiai ka manaʻo o ka mea rapper, kūʻai maikaʻi ʻole ka album. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "hāʻule".
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Dr. Dre Mahope
I ka makahiki 2000, ua hui pū ka mea mele me ka inoa ʻo Dr. ʻO Dre Aftermath Entertainment. Maanei e hana ana ka mea rapper i kahi album hou. Ma mua o ka hōʻike kūhelu, ua ʻike ʻia ka inoa o ka moʻolelo Oh, My God.
Hoʻopanee mau ʻia ka hōʻike ʻana o ka ʻohi i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻO ka mea mua, ma muli o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā mele o ka album. ʻOiai e hana ana i ka moʻolelo, ua hana ʻo Rakim i nā malihini kipa ma nā papahana Aftermath.
I ka makahiki 2003, hoʻolaha ka mea mele e haʻalele ana i ka lepili. No nā mea pā o ka rapper, ʻo ia ka manaʻo ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike i ka hui ʻana o Oh, My God i kekahi manawa koke. ʻO ke kumu o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka lepili ʻo ia ka hakakā ʻana o Rakim me Dr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dre.
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka mea pena i ka lepili, ua neʻe ʻo ia i kona home ma Connecticut kahi āna i hana ai i nā mele hou. Ua lilo kēia manawa i makahiki mālie no ka mea rapper. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi i nā ʻahamele a pale i nā hanana mele like ʻole.
I ka makahiki 2006, haʻi aku ʻo Rakim i nā mea pā i ka nūhou maikaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki i ka poʻe aloha mele ke hauʻoli i ka album The Seventh Seal. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻolaha koke ka rapper i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia o ka album i 2009.
Akā, ua hōʻike ka mea mele i ka hui ola ʻo The Archive: Live, Lost & Found ma 2008. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album The Seventh Seal ma 2009.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mele ma Rakim Ra Records, a me TVM a me SMC Recordings.
Artist ma hope o ka lull ...
No nā makahiki he 10, ua "hamu" ka mea hoʻokani i mea e puka mai ai kahi moʻolelo kūpono. ʻO nā mele kiʻekiʻe o kēia album ʻo ia nā mele Holy Are You a me Walk This Streets.
Ma ka hui ʻana hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā leo o Styles P, Jadakiss a me Busta Rhymes, a me nā mea pena R&B: Maino, IQ, Tracey Horton, Samuel Christian a me ke kaikamahine a Rakim, ʻo Destiny Griffin. Ma luna o 12 kope i kūʻai ʻia i ka pule mua o ke kūʻai ʻana.
I ka makahiki 2012, ua haʻi aku ʻo Rakim i nā mea pā, no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka 25th anniversary o Paidin Full duet me Eric B., e hoʻokuʻu nā rappers i kahi hōʻuluʻulu kūʻokoʻa i piha i nā mele kahiko a me nā mele hou mai ka duo.
Ua ʻōlelo ka rapper ma ka hopena o 2012, e hauʻoli nā mea pā i nā mele maikaʻi.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea rapper a me DMX i kahi moʻolelo hou ʻo Don't Call Me. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea rapper a me ka hui kaulana ʻo Linkin Park i ka mele mele ʻo Guilty All the Same.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele ma ka inoa kaulana ʻo Warner Bros. mooolelo. Ma ka mana, ua loaʻa ka haku mele no ka hoʻoiho ʻana ma 2014 wale nō.
Ma 2015, ua ʻike ʻia e hana ana ka mea pena i kahi album hou. Eia kekahi, ma kekahi o kāna mau nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ka mea mele e ʻoluʻolu nā mele o ka disc hou i kāna mau mea pā.
A inā ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana ʻo The Seventh Seal i lilo i mea koʻikoʻi a pompous, a laila ua māmā ka disc hou a me ka rosy e like me ka hiki.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele hou ʻo King's Paradise ma ke kani kani no ka manawa lua o Luke Cage. Ua hoʻokani ʻo Rakim i ke mele no ka manawa mua ma ka moʻo Tiny Desk Concerts.
ʻO ka hui hou ʻana o Rakim me Eric B.
I ka makahiki 2016, ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻoholo ʻo Eric B. lāua ʻo Rakim e hana hou. Ua hoʻohenehene ka duo i nā mea pā me kahi huakaʻi hui hou i ke kakahiaka aʻe.
Ua hana ka poʻe rappers i kahi noiʻi i nā kūlanakauhale a lākou e kipa ai ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi.
ʻO ka hana mua a ka duo i hana ʻia ma Iulai 2017 ma ka Apollo Theatre ma New York. Ma 2018, hoʻolaha lākou i kā lākou huakaʻi 17th o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Rapper Rakim i kēia lā
I ʻOkakopa 2018, hōʻike ʻo Rakim i ka Best Of Rakim | ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka discography o ka rapper me ka hōʻiliʻili Melrose. I ka makahiki 2019, ua puka mai nā wikiō hou o ka mea pena.
I ka makahiki 2020, hoʻolālā ka rapper Rakim e hāʻawi i kekahi mau mahina i kāna mau mea pā. E kipa ka mea hoʻokani i kekahi mau ʻāina me kāna mau ʻahamele.
