By JayQuan When Big Daddy Kane appeared on record at the beginning of 1987's widely celebrated "Golden Era," he was immediately recognized as a top tier MC. His multi-syllabic word play, confident flow, and commanding voice placed him in conversations where he was compared to other up and coming greats of this new era. After delivering the classic album Long Live The Kane, it became obvious that he was not only a superior wordsmith and vocalist, but also an all around entertainer with a stage...

By JayQuan Throughout the four decade history of recorded rap, there have been many great tours. The New York City Fresh Festival, The Def Jam Tour and The Raising Hell Tour were all instrumental in furthering rap as a legitimate genre that could not only generate revenue from recordings, but from live shows as well. As iconic as these tours were, they were not the first, and they were at least partially possible because of the tour that preceded them. In the early 1980's, Sugar Hill Records...

By JayQuan Richard "Crazy Legs" Colón of the world renowned Rock Steady Crew is perhaps Hip-Hop's best known B-Boy. Appearing in the seminal Hip-Hop films Wild Style, Beat Street, Style Wars, and countless early documentaries and magazine profiles documenting Hip-Hop, Legs as he is affectionately called has partnered with publisher Rizzoli for Rock Steady for Life. A beautifully done high end coffee table book full of vintage never before seen images, Rock Steady for Life features Crazy Legs...