The Legendary Hurricane G has reportedly passed away.
Best known for her solo sensation All Woman, verse on Redman’s “Tonight’s Da Night” and “We Run N.Y,” presence on Delinquent Habits, and several iconic underground ventures of the 90s, Hurricane G is a hip-hop notable who was always ahead of her time. An avid representer of what we at Old School Hip-Hop Lust label “Original Woman Rap,” born Gloria Rodríguez, G was an unapologetic spitter of cultural rigor—instilling a prominent spotlight on Afro-Latina hip-hop practitioners.
Erick Sermon, who shares a daughter with Hurricane G took to Instagram to break the devastating news and highlight her influence on Puerto Rican female emcees:
“My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends…. my oldest daughters mother passed away today #HURRICANEGLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community. One of the first puertorican female rappers She rapped with me. @redmangilla she paved the way
@keithmurray@diddy she was in all the Hiphop magazines with all the top females at the time.. #stretchandbobito loved a song that she did called “MILKY” She will be missed all around the world. I can’t believe this. Pray for us. Beautiful blessings. She was a beautiful person a wonderful mother as real as they come. We love u.”
Details on Hurricane G’s passing have not been publicized as of yet. The news of her passing was confirmed through the posts of several of her hip-hop colleagues, including Rah Digga who tweeted, “I feel crazy posting back to back death like this but #HurricaneG is family as well as a legend and my good sis deserves her flowers. Rest easy my G <3”
The news of Hurricane G’s death was announced seconds to minutes after the death of Tame One of The Artifacts!
We send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the beautiful Hurricane G.
The Legendary Hurricane G has reportedly passed away.
Best known for her solo sensation All Woman, verse on Redman’s “Tonight’s Da Night” and “We Run N.Y,” presence on Delinquent Habits, and several iconic underground ventures of the 90s, Hurricane G is a hip-hop notable who was always ahead of her time. An avid representer of what we at Old School Hip-Hop Lust label “Original Woman Rap,” born Gloria Rodríguez, G was an unapologetic spitter of cultural rigor—instilling a prominent spotlight on Afro-Latina hip-hop practitioners.
Erick Sermon, who shares a daughter with Hurricane G took to Instagram to break the devastating news and highlight her influence on Puerto Rican female emcees:
“My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends…. my oldest daughters mother passed away today #HURRICANEGLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community. One of the first puertorican female rappers She rapped with me. @redmangilla she paved the way
@keithmurray@diddy she was in all the Hiphop magazines with all the top females at the time.. #stretchandbobito loved a song that she did called “MILKY” She will be missed all around the world. I can’t believe this. Pray for us. Beautiful blessings. She was a beautiful person a wonderful mother as real as they come. We love u.”
Details on Hurricane G’s passing have not been publicized as of yet. The news of her passing was confirmed through the posts of several of her hip-hop colleagues, including Rah Digga who tweeted, “I feel crazy posting back to back death like this but #HurricaneG is family as well as a legend and my good sis deserves her flowers. Rest easy my G <3”
The news of Hurricane G’s death was announced seconds to minutes after the death of Tame One of The Artifacts!
We send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the beautiful Hurricane G.
Wu-Tang Clan Perform “Triumph” At The Roots Picnic in NYC (2016)
On October 2 of 2016, the Wu-Tang Clan (all members but Ghostface Killah) took the stage at Bryant Park in New York City for The Roots Picnic and performed an array of their classics, including, “Triumph.”
The intended purpose of auto-tune was to limit the time spent in recording studios by picking up on off-key notes and altering them. It lessens the need for hours of editing, multiple re-recordings, and post-production recordings. This benefits both the artists and recording studios. Artists now have room for better time management and the recording studios are generating more revenue because they can fit more recording sessions into their midst.
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Big Daddy Kane Performs “Ain’t No Half Steppin” With Black Thought!
In October 2016, The Roots Picnic took place in New York City at Bryant Park. As a part of Black Thought’s mixtape, hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane performs his classic golden era hit, “Ain’t No Half Steppin” with The Roots MC.
Oh, and we were there. Check out the hip-hop moment!
In the late 1970s, The Bronx, New York was not the only place in love with break beats and rhymes. The youth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were also head bangin’ to dope rhymes and of course the influence from New York was just oh so strong. Depending on where you were determined what Hip-Hop record you heard first. Majority of the ears of 1979 recall hearing the Tec Records hit “To The Beat Y’all” as the first hip-hop record on wax. And the person rhyming on this record was a young lady from Philly by the name of Lady B. Despite Hip-Hop’s birthplace being in New York, it just so happens a female from Philly was among the first to lay this style on wax. Lady B is also best known as a Philly radio pioneer and overall DJ.
Read about more female hip-hop pioneers at our piece:
Almost every year, there is something about Jay Electronica. He recently popped up on Kanye West’s DONDA with a signature verse. Signature as it is. The performance met the expectation criteria many may have of the Nation of Islam bred rapper. With bars like “As sure as the DOJ confirmed Ezekiel’s Wheel,“ it is obvious Elec is set in his school of thought and will never seize an opportunity to express it to the world.
