Big Daddy Kane
Brooklyn rapper who combined smooth delivery with complex rhymes in the late 1980s and is widely credited as one of the most influential lyricists in hip-hop history.
Pantheon Standing
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The Cultural Record
Discography
Brooklyn rapper who combined smooth delivery with complex rhymes in the late 1980s and is widely credited as one of the most influential lyricists in hip-hop history
Awards & Recognition
No Grammy data on record.
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influenced Jay-Z
Nas
and most top MCs of the 1990s
Rank History
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