Shamele Mackie (born March 5, 1978), better known by his stage name Papoose (), is an American rapper and songwriter.Papoose made his first commercial appearance on Kool G Rap's 1998 album Roots of Evil, and began to produce and distribute his own mixtapes during the early 2000's,...
50 Cent 5,039 votes With a gritty, no-holds-barred approach to storytelling, this Queens-born rapper quickly rose to prominence in the early 2000s, thanks in part to the mentorship of Eminem and Dr. Dre. His debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', featuring hits lik...
Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, this underground rapper's gritty street anthems and vivid storytelling earned him a loyal fanbase throughout the South during the early 2000s. Tragically, his life was cut short at just 21 years old when he was fatally shot outside of a recording studio, leavin...
Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, this underground rapper's gritty street anthems and vivid storytelling earned him a loyal fanbase throughout the South during the early 2000s. Tragically, his life was cut short at just 21 years old when he was fatally shot outside of a recording studio, leavin...
Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, this underground rapper's gritty street anthems and vivid storytelling earned him a loyal fanbase throughout the South during the early 2000s. Tragically, his life was cut short at just 21 years old when he was fatally shot outside of a recording studio, leavin...
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Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, this underground rapper's gritty street anthems and vivid storytelling earned him a loyal fanbase throughout the South during the early 2000s. Tragically, his life was cut short at just 21 years old when he was fatally shot outside of a recording studio, leavin...
Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, this underground rapper's gritty street anthems and vivid storytelling earned him a loyal fanbase throughout the South during the early 2000s. Tragically, his life was cut short at just 21 years old when he was fatally shot outside of a recording studio, leavin...
Emerging from Harlem, New York in the early to mid-1990s, Coleman became well known amongst underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability, and was eventually signed to Columbia Records, where he released his debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous in 1995 and is now ...
Should be rappers and hip hop artists who rap in the style that emerged from New York in the late '70s to early '90s. If you're a fan of rap music, you should have at minimum a base knowledge in old school rap. If not for old school rappers, it's highly ...