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Nathaniel Wilson (born July 20, 1968), known by stage name Kool G Rap, is an American hardcore rapper from the Corona section of Queens, New York. He began his career with the Juice Crew in the 1980s but achieved little commercial success. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Mafioso rap is a hip hop sub-genre which flourished in the mid-1990s. ... Old school hip hop is the very first hip hop to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Hardcore hip hop is a form of hip hop music characterized by confrontation and aggression in its subject matter, heavy beats, raw sampling and production, or any combination thereof. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Prism Records was an American record label formed in 1978. ... Rawkus Records is an independent hip hop record label that enjoyed considerable exposure and massive success in the late 90s. ... Chinga Chang Records is an East Coast hip hop record label founded by CEO Daniel DMAK Herman-McAnally in 2003 at the age of 19. ... Koch Entertainment LP is a North American entertainment company with offices in New York, Nashville and Toronto. ... The Juice Crew was a pioneering hip-hop collective in the mid to late 1980s founded by producer Marley Marl and housed by the label Cold Chillin Records. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... Hardcore hip hop is a form of hip hop music characterized by confrontation and aggression in its subject matter, heavy beats, raw sampling and production, or any combination thereof. ... The Juice Crew was a pioneering hip-hop collective in the mid to late 1980s founded by producer Marley Marl and housed by the label Cold Chillin Records. ...

Biography

Wilson began working with DJ Polo in 1986, releasing several underground hit singles including "It's a Demo"/"I'm Fly". Two other singles, "Streets of New York" and "Road to the Riches" (which borrows a sample from Billy Joel's "Stiletto), received heavy rotation on Yo! MTV Raps and cemented his reputation as one of New York's top lyrical auteurs. His talent for telling a compelling, hard-luck story in a single song was considered second to only that of Rakim. While Wilson grew in popularity, he never crossed over like Biz Markie or Big Daddy Kane, both also members of the Juice Crew. DJ Polo was one half of the rap duet Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo. ... William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... Yo! MTV Raps was a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995. ... Rakim (full name Rakim Allah, born William Michael Griffin Jr. ... Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall April 8, 1964 in Harlem, New York) is a rapper and DJ, best known for humorous singles such as Just a Friend. He has been labeled The Clown Prince of Hip-Hop. ... Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a record producer/rapper from the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, New York. ...

Kool G Rap's upcoming album, titled Half A Klip, will be released on the Koch Entertainment-distributed labels Chinga Chang Records and Latchkey Recordings on October 23rd 2007 worldwide. Half A Klip features production by DJ Premier. The first single by Kool G Rap is titled "What's More Realer Than That" (produced by Marks) followed by "Risin Up" produced by Domingo. The Queens-bred rapper inked a deal with Chinga Chang Records in December 2005. Sources told AllHipHop.com. In 2007, he appeared alongside Big Daddy Kane on the track "Next Up" from the album Underground Kingz by UGK. Half A Klip Album from Kool G Rap on Chinga Chang Records set to be released in 2007. ... Koch Entertainment LP is a North American entertainment company with offices in New York, Nashville and Toronto. ... Chinga Chang Records is an East Coast hip hop record label founded by CEO Daniel DMAK Herman-McAnally in 2003 at the age of 19. ... For other uses, see October (disambiguation). ... Half A Klip Album from Kool G Rap on Chinga Chang Records set to be released in 2007. ... This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. ... UGK (Underground Kingz) is the perennially delayed seventh album from the rap duo UGK.[1] It is the first double CD from UGK and includes 26 tracks. ... UGK (short for Underground Kingz) is a hip-hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas. ...

Legacy

Kool G Rap is considered a legendary golden age and mafioso rapper. He is also considered one of the most influential rappers ever:

Lyrical dexterity

Early in his career, Kool G Rap's (short for "Kool Genius of Rap") hallmark was his rapid-fire, multisyllabic delivery. He trademarked the ability to rhyme the same syllables in the same combinations, though with different words, for a whole verse. This style is mostly apparent on the 1990 album Wanted: Dead or Alive, on such songs as "Play It Again, Polo", "Jive Talk", and "Kool is Back". The style was later adopted by Souls of Mischief, Big Daddy Kane, Cassidy, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, Pharoahe Monch, and Juelz Santana to varying degrees, as well as Nas, Necro, Papoose, Black Thought, R.A. The Rugged Man, and Big Pun (of whom the latter two cited G Rap as their biggest influences). Today many rappers use this style, though few follow it as strictly as G Rap does (or Big Pun did). There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group, part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. ... Barry Adrian Reese (born July 7, 1982), better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper. ... Johnathan David Jackson (born November 18, 1979[1]), better known as Fabolous, is an American rapper from the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. ... Pharoahe Monch (born Troy Donald Jamerson on October 31, 1972) is an American hip hop artist from Queens, NY. He is known for his complex delivery and multi-syllabic rhyme schemes. ... LaRon Louis James (born on February 18, 1983) is an American rapper, small time actor and producer. ... For other uses, see Nas (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Papoose (b. ... Image of artist Black Thought (born Tariq Trotter) is the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group The Roots. ... R.A. Thorburn, better known as R.A. the Rugged Man, is a rapper from Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, who with his father lived in over 20 addresses through out the area. ... Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971–February 7, 2000), better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was a New York rapper of Puerto Rican descent who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. ...

Example verse:

Its the Corona Queens apocalypse

My block is hit with the dark eclipse

Takin' no hostages, so grab the glocks and clips

The raps apostle-ist, niggaz to Loch Ness

Large as Colossus is

Mumblin' shit, get shot in the esophagus

A thug saga novelist

Sex in this rap shit, monogamous

Rainin' like the tropics while you be topicless

Blow money monopolist - do it for eons

Shinin' like it's neon - heart colder than Freon

Decidin' which MC to pee on

Baby 'cause that's the shit that we on

Niggaz go to Warwick like Dionne

Put the G on

I analyze guys with Montana eyes

To vandalize any man alive, soon as the hammer rise

Cut 'em down like samurais

Kickin' that real shit that you fantasize

Niggaz step aside or recognize

G the real cat, pack the steel cat, baby feel that

Leave you layin' flat witcha shit clapped and peeled back

Battle-actin' rap shit'll put you in back of a Cadillac

A bad decision, fuck up your whole vision like cataracts

- Kool G Rap, Let The Games Begin

Mafioso rap

Starting with his third album (Live and Let Die), Kool G Rap became more known for Mafioso rap. He had hinted at this inclination on his second album with the song "Streets of New York." His later albums straddle the line between glorification and remorse in relation to the gangster lifestyle. He laments the violent lifestyle he rapped about on songs like "On the Run," yet boasts it on songs such as "Fast Life" (featuring Nas). Wilson currently lives in Arizona, rumor exist that he left New York because a new management was forced on him. Mafioso rap is a hip hop sub-genre which flourished in the mid-1990s. ...

In his songs, album covers and titles, he has used various references to mob movies: This article is about the criminal society. ...

• The first line of "Bad to the Bone" states: I'm bad to the bone / with a style like Al Capone
• The album "Live and Let Die" uses many samples from the film The Untouchables.
• The album cover [1] of his 5th album, Roots of Evil, is an obvious reference to the popular poster for the film Scarface and The Godfather[2]
• His 6th album is named The Giancana Story, referencing well-known Mafia boss Sam Giancana
• His current label Chinga Chang Records, is run by 22 year old CEO DMAK.

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Discography

with DJ Polo

Album cover	Album information
	Road To The Riches Released: 1989 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #26 Singles: "It's a Demo", "Poison", "Road to the Riches"/"Butcher Shop", "Truly Yours"/"Cold Cuts"
	Wanted: Dead or Alive Released: August 13, 1990 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #34 Singles: "Riker's Island", "Bad to the Bone", "Erase Racism"/"Wanted: Dead or Alive", "Streets of New York", "Talk Like Sex"
	Live and Let Die Released: November 24, 1992 Billboard 200 chart position: #185 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #18 Singles: "Ill Street Blues"/"Fuck U Man", "On the Run"/"Straight Jacket"

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Solo

Album cover	Album information
	4,5,6 Released: September 12, 1995 Billboard 200 chart position: #24 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #1 Singles: "Fast Life"/"4,5,6", "It's a Shame"/"It's a Shame (Da Butcher's Mix)"
	Roots of Evil Released: November 10, 1998 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #43 Singles: "Can't Stop the Shine"/"Thug's Anthem", "Foul Cats"
	The Giancana Story Released: November 12, 2002 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #61 Singles: "The Streets"/"Thug For Life", "My Life"
	Click of Respect (with the 5 Family Click) Released: October 21, 2003 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #99 Singles: "Gully"/"Breaker Breaker"
	Half A Klip Released: October 24, 2007 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: - Singles: "What's More Realer Than That" , "Risin Up"

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Compilations

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Featured Appearances

• 1988: "The Symphony" (on the Marley Marl album In control vol. 1}
• 1991: "Don't Curse" (from the Heavy D album Peaceful Journey)
• 1998: "Truly Yours 98" (from the Pete Rock album Soul Survivor)
• 2000: "Fall Back" (from the Big L album The Big Picture)
• 2000: "Ghetto afterlife" (from the Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek album Train of thought)
• 2002: "Allied Meta-Forces" (from the Canibus album MiClub The Curriculum)
• 2003: "Animal Rap" (from the Jedi Mind Tricks album Visions of Ghandi)
• 2005: "Ghost & Giancana" (from the Ghostface album Put It on the Line)
• 2007: "Next Up" (from the UGK album Underground Kingz)

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External links

• KOOL G RAP COMEBACK 7/9/07
• Skope Magazine 7/4/07
• Label Web Site
• Label Myspace

References