10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rakim

Here we decided to profile 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rakim, widely known in the hip hop community as the God MC. Rakim is undoubtedly one of the influential and skillful MC of all the time. From Ra is where all you favorite rapper took their whole style from, even Eminem said it on the record. Without any doubt, every skillful MC one way or another is the product of Rakim. Here are 10 things you didn’t know from the God MC.

1. Erik B and Rakim’s classic album Paid In Full was named the greatest Hip Hop album of all the time by MTV in 2006.

2. Rakim is the God MC

3. He is one of the Lyricist of all the time

4. He is  the Nephew of the late R&B singer and Actress, Ruth Brown

5. He was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

6. He influenced the whole hip hop community

7. He grew up in New York City

8. He became involved in the hip hop scene at the age of 18

9. He was introduced to the Nation of Islam in 1986

10. He took the name Rakim Allah from Islam