Rakim - Kool G Rap Got Punched And It Was Eric B To The Rescue (247HH Archives)

[@MestizoMentality]

Rakim only dude that doesn't even gotta rhyme. Could just throw a beat on any conversation & it'd sound dope. lol

[@jameshayden2538]

Exactly My Dude..

[@michaeltruthson6262]

D-Day Fitness he did sound like he was dropping a lyrical composition.

[@lion-orichie398]

lyfe 1zruff, do you like men ?

[@pwhales264]

rgw1380rw , I am trying to figure that bs out myself

[@rgw1380rw]

PAUL WHALEY 👍😐

[@shamiralnino]

Replace the statue of liberty with statue of rakim with burnin mic as a torch

[@thecoach11]

Co sign 1000 percent it's more valuable

[@dantescoleman8461]

Indeed!

[@donniecurry7460]

That's what's up

[@UBZUKki]

Now THATS an image..

[@daeshaundevine1312]

That's 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cactusjack2264]

“I bust out laughing, Eric B looked like Batman with his cape flying across the floor” 😂🤣😂

[@upabittoolate]

Rakim laughed. That's enough to merit

[@nathanielbolden5053]

😂😂😂

[@MADDLION247]

In the Hood..... When someone says "To make a long story short"..... It ends up being a long story Anyway! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iminyomommy7889]

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY START OFF WITH " SO, BOOM...." OR "IIGHT, BOOM...".

[@MADDLION247]

@@iminyomommy7889 FACTS!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@mildmayheadless5217]

@@iminyomommy7889 so accurate!!!!

[@SinoKadafi1091977]

But it could’ve been longer 😂😂

[@_BigIrv]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ctcmonk]

Rakim should be the NYC logo... you can't get more New York than him...

[@nikkibowens4956]

Rich Harrow Exactly, THE GOD MC!! THE GOAT!!! SUPREME LYRICIST!!

[@johnshepard8095]

Agree

[@UMF5500]

except that he's from jersey

[@Demonsamongus]

@@UMF5500 long Island

[@dontworryillwait3689]

I read this comment as Ra was talking about counting the money when G Rap walked in holding his eye and I was thinking that same shit lol

[@TheStimradio]

You know what's funny? Rakim sounds like he's gona start rappin when he talks. lol

[@itsobsessionnottalent1427]

I ain't braggin on my knuckle game but I'm kinda nice wit my joints

[@joefresh82]

THAT LINE HAD ME WEAK...lol

[@this1betterwork]

Thats a common phrase, get out the house more, you late

[@milestone8585]

same 💯

[@samboogy9051]

​@@joefresh82 WHY DID YOU FEEL WEAK

[@joefresh82]

@@samboogy9051 it was modest but had bravado at the same time

[@1stBORNMTM]

This brother shifted the Matrix in Hip Hop and did it without one curse. That's a real blessing. God lyricism in the flesh. Pay homage to that brother.

[@Phuriusstilez]

I wouldn't have came and said my name and run the same old shit, putting blurs and slurs and lines that don't fit. Pull up a chair and om a tear shit up But you know how far a kiss could go fuck around and miss the show. Not many rappers cursed back then

[@CEELOW3000]

@@Phuriusstilez lol - I see what you did there - let's just say he rarely cursed

[@walterfrisbee9878]

NY guys never become old. they dress the same and talk the same forever trust me it takes one to know one lol NYC 4 life!

[@nathancifuentes2448]

Walter Frisbee Havoc from mobb deep is weak & girly now , Nigga wears tights

[@nathancifuentes2448]

Walter Frisbee RAKIM IS A GOAT

[@nathancifuentes2448]

Walter Frisbee 2PAC RAKIM / DMX SCARFACE NAS BIG PUN

[@Frugal637]

Walter Frisbee Just the hood ones

[@lionofjudahlambofgod9132]

Walter Frisbee not anymore, now they have rainbow coloured hair paedophiles who hang out with fake bloods and crips

[@skeezix8156]

It always feels like '88 again when I see Rak in a interview. Everybody from NYC talked exactly like this back then

[@jameleason8200]

Skeezix I miss those ill days word life

[@anquondozier2271]

Rip to my pops he told me the story about this when I was a kid he was there that night. He was a big Eric B and Rakim fan.

[@reimourrpower9357]

Salutes to your Pops, R.I.P. If you recall anything else saw and told you about that event, please share with us. That sounded wild as heck, ha, respect.

[@jonj402]

Was he the guy they beat up?

[@B1GJOHNSTUD]

was he the guy w/the sheepskin that eric b used as a batman cape to slide 40 yards across the skating rink??

[@MADDLION247]

0:57.... This part is Hilarious!!!! "Yo this Kat just snuffed me, BOOM BOOM BOOM".... Rakim was like "WORD"! kept counting that money. 😂😂😂

[@rosalesdaniel10]

Rakim knows how to tell a story

[@cjhepburn7406]

Say it again...

[@joannab.763]

Wow I loved this! Never saw him talk so much or be so animated! Damn he's such a legend! So humble! 😍

[@robertholmes2318]

Never seen him laugh

[@mr.derekj6680]

This story is legendary in my hometown. Always heard about this story growing up. I've bumped into some cats that were there that night at Sports World. It's a few versions on the way it went down and I'll leave it at that. And its Rocky Mount. Everyone from out of town says Rocky Mountain. Salute to the God Emcee.

[@rawloraiders5321]

Ain't no mountains in Rocky Mount

[@reimourrpower9357]

Tell what really happened, what was left out?

[@jwjoness]

Yeah, please. I was in 6th grade and heard of it. No one knew of G Rap and the Juice Crew. We only knew of Eric B and Rakim, Run DMC, etc. We didn't know who was Big Daddy Kane in 86.

[@dwanpittman3662]

My OG's from my neighborhood "da hill"

[@jairuso.kbailey1093]

Makes sense

[@madametia5379]

I love his style and I am loving this interview.

[@bennyhill2296]

Oyea

[@TRUEFUNKSOULDIER]

The most New Yorkian Cat In the history of New Yorkers. Lol I was blessed to have an opportunity to meet Rakim back in the mid 90" s Ultra Cool Brother. We had a 20 to 25 minute talk about jazz recordings that ill always remember..now at the time I had a decent little Jazz record collection going and i thought I really knew my shit when it comes to that form of music but whew! Man,Rakim was a Human Encyclopedia of Jazz Music!. He was rattling off must have recordings I never knew existed at time!.naming musicians in quartets and quintets and their individual recordings, The whole bit It was impressive to say the least!!.thinking back on it though,it was during the midst of what later would be known as "The Golden Era" of Hip Hop and back then,New York Hip Hop was All over that Heavy Jazz frequency.they did not fuck around with it they were serious aficionados who in my humble opinion helped usher in what I saw as a straight up renaissance of sorts in the mind s of younger listeners at least with how the Jazz was incorporated into the songs back then.. anyhow,that short conversation with The R changed my entire outlook on jazz that I still carry with me to this day..I doubt that the Brother would even remember the convo but I know that I will never forget it..Salute To The God MC and Thanks for the life changing Music Appreciation Lesson.

[@jawtapper4378]

MY FAVORITE RAPPER 4 LIFE . GOT ALL YOUR MUSIC EVEN BOOTLEG STUFF, STILL PLAYING TO THIS DAY. MUCH LOVE FROM CALI

[@robertstewart3944]

Epic story. I love how colorful Rakim told it and he did it so N.Y. 😂😂😂 I wish Rakim would do an album and rhyme over tracks made by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, The Bomb Squad and Dr. Dre or any of the younger badass producers who'd compliment Rakim's style. Hands down, like bank safe dropped off the top of a sky scraper... Rakim is GOD! Rakim is top 5 all-time... And still #1 on my list!!!

[@mongrelgtv]

@Robert Stewart there is a track w Rakim & DJ Premier called "Classic" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKrJo2mPibOYntE

[@mongrelgtv]

@Jarrel Ely Rakim even w/o taking anything away from k- solo

[@mongrelgtv]

@Jarrel Ely No contest but kool moe dee ain't no slouch

[@mongrelgtv]

@Jarrel Ely Neva heard of him but checked him out dude is nice but vs Rakim??? not close

[@mongrelgtv]

@Jarrel Ely After the 1st 3 albums not too familiar w Eric b & Rakim's work so can't comment but @ the same time Rakim is not necessarily a battle rapper

[@anthonysmith4857]

A classic story by the Legends of Hip Hop Eric B and Rakim. Hope to see them back together sometime in the future. Hip Hop needs some music from y'all we miss the Eric B and Rakim sound.

[@lebronbarkley6038]

Anthony Smith there on tour this year

[@oxygen90s]

Man! This is why I love hip hop as well as write hip hop! The honesty, realness, and storytelling! Funny situatuon! Props to Eric B & Rakim and Kool Genius of Rap! Been loving all y'all niggaz since the '80's. It only gets better from here my homies.

[@mighty9100]

Eric b "2 somethin, thinking he gon do somethin". Even when he's just talkin, he's rhymin

[@JohnDoe-uy1in]

mighty9100 😂real talk

[@timy9197]

Lol foreal though

[@jd-zu5ok]

mighty9100 that's not a rhyme saying the same word twice lol

[@TvLOverdose]

j d You dont know anything about rap do you? The words 2 and do rhyme to eachother

[@cherryabdul123]

@@TvLOverdose teach em lol

[@NaJohnsonWPhilly]

Rakim is tht dude I seen him whn he came to the Philly Expo I got a pic wit the God Mc and my dude ain’t even front on me he gave me time to get the camera right n all thn took flight after our pic shout out to Rakim

[@reimourrpower9357]

Same here in ATL. He was friendly, patient & gracious as hell with me and hundreds of fans waiting to get pics and book signed. Salutes to the G.O.D. MC Rakim.

[@walterwaterz3872]

I do not support violence, but The god emcee, made it sound goooood.

[@andreberetta8565]

I’d love to see Rakim and LL do an album together just for old times sake 🤞🏻

[@denilsonjae5117]

SALUTE TO RAKIM N ERIC B! KOOLG'RAP! LEGENDS REAL G's!

[@iminyomommy7889]

LEGEND HAS IT THAT RAKIM IS STILL THINKING OF A MASTER PLAN

[@PharaohLawLess1]

That's the real God emcee

[@247HH]

True indeed

[@russelladams7134]

PharaohLawLess1 True indeed. I believe his story unlike Souljah Boy's wack story.

[@eddyspagetti9899]

I could never be convinced it was anyone else because no matter what the reasons..the one reason that cannot be assigned to any other rapper, no matter if were talking about eminems sandwich within a sandwich abilities or gymnastics ..this was 86..87 no one had even heard more than 2, 3 types of flow. New Music would come out of nowhere, and where or how you got your ears on it was still mysterious. Rap was still in it's infancy, and here comes this cold, deep voice that didn't follow the beat the way it was expected. It was not just COMPLETELY FRESH. but it had never existed. A beat 1234 1234 1234 *123 I aint no 1(JOKE!) I used to let the mic smoke 4.> 1(then) I SLAM.. the world was a brand new place that day.

[@BighomieCdawg]

there's no age limit on cool. someone said he 60. blk folk age well cause he dont look like he 60

[@bravoda1]

I don't think he that old man come on haha . He around 49-50 @ best . Plus he still da GOAT .

[@MD6955]

RAKIM IS THE BEST MIC MC'S...ALONG WITH KRS ONE, G RAP..BIG DADDY KANE...THEY DON'T MAKE THEM NO-MORE ...THANK GOD I WAS THERE TO BE A PART OF /LIVED IN THAT ERA..THANKS "RA"

[@londonman5873]

if u from the streets n can't fist fight. ure the problem in our community.

[@Peakfreud]

Any margin for era when comes to age. I'm pass the age requirement for winning Trophies for street fights dont care about rep or making a name for myself. So can an old man Shoot a Mfker in the face for crossing the line? The Cardio just aint there to be scrapping wit some Kid who does waste energy at a Job working.

[@jefferythomas001]

Rakim God Allah speaking facts on this joint....was at Sportsworld the night that shit went down. Like 13 14 yrs old then😂😂😂, thanks Ra, u took me back on this one.

[@reimourrpower9357]

Please please pleeeeeeezzzz...Tell us more about that night if you can. Anyone know why G Rap got snuffed? Who started it (allegedly)?

[@kobiesboxing4956]

"I'm kinda nice with my joints"

[@Bidness100]

Kobies Boxing 😅 😂

[@solomonnorthup2168]

heres a list of my favorite eric b rakim RUMORS FROM THE 80s during their peak. 1)Paid In Full Posse showed up to 5% Nation rally 6 Range Rovers deep. 2)In 86 Rakim had a shootout in Claremont PJs in the BX after a show in the center. 3)Rakim got caught by cops in the 90s in BK w/a few keys of yay. 4)ERIC B got caught by cops w/guns & yay in his turntable cases in Philly. LOL 5)Eric B would drive his Rolls Royce from NYC to Baltimore/DC and back. these RUMORS only added to the mystique of what we already knew and saw of them. I'm quite sure they've heard a few of em. rakim even addressed the alleged drug bust rumor in one of his rhymes.

[@tarelldavis2555]

Solomon Northup thanks for the update.. never knew that what happened to Eric and rakim..

[@tarelldavis2555]

Solomon Northup exactly bra that's real hop.. they need to give the old pioneer rappers another record deal.. I'm tired of these fake/gay rappers.. o.g status.

[@tarelldavis2555]

Solomon Northup these young dudes so lost today (Lil Wayne is a o.g to them).. wtf. ima 70s baby.. 80s music such as ll Cool j/rob base/public enemy all these rappers have messages/motivation.. idk what the hell these rappers grew up off of today.. small chains and tight pants.. where's the big dookie chains and baggy mcm clothes.. if they do a 80s rap concert.. (I'm going without a doubt)..

[@bxdale83]

Wow I wonder if anybody can confirm the shootout in Claremont PJ's. That is one of the wildest areas in the Bronx and I believe it

[@jimmynickelz]

I know that 1 and 5 are true. Poppo is the pride of Wyandanch.

[@Purplemilk_689]

Rappers always run into sum shit in North Carolina in every story right?🤔😎💪💪

[@KtotheG]

NC don't play.

[@reimourrpower9357]

What's interesting to me is that outside of the Caribbean, North Carolina is the state in USA that most Black folks in NYC have family connections. NC was a major factor in the Great Migration of the early-mid 1900's. Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas, etc.

[@jwjoness]

Rocky Mount "City on the Rise." Must have been from South Rocky Mount.

[@natburnernorelationtobunso199]

Jay Jones south side!

[@rottsrule2505]

@@reimourrpower9357 Bumps from Charleston S.C.

[@OgDj2024]

The number one, all-time illess lyricist that ever burst on the scene! ✊🏾

[@tiara2955]

RAKIM is the 🐐 love how he tells a story!

[@jeffwalker4679]

Baddest cat to ever do it and the definition of NY Swag. Waiting on a joint with Rah and Preem, Large P, Tip, Dre, Eric B, and Pete Rock....

[@therealrobbdee672]

that was a good ass story! love Eric B and Rakim!!! Rap Royalty right there. dnt really get no better than them to and for me!

[@oxygen90s]

Man! This is why I love hip hop as well as write hip hop! The honesty, realness, and storytelling! Funny situatuon! Props to Eric B & Rakim and Kool Genius of Rap! Been loving all y'all niggaz since the '80's. It only gets better from here my homies. :

[@PRINCENITTI]

Dam Rah I wasn't there for that one??? I didn't know my boy G got snuffed y'all kept that one quiet from me lol... What's good Rah...I was on the scene for many eps in those days lol

[@venas1978rw]

I luv it....if ya not watchin..and just listening..to the ear.. RA sounds like a more creditable Prodigy.. #SALUTERAKIM🙏🏾

[@Tee-ek5cr]

One of the best to ever Grace the Mic.

[@Crit-Chance]

My man said he hit em with the pam bam

[@tonyricks1346]

Said he him 'em wit a 2 piece! Bam Bam! 😆😆

[@ahksihonmishlei2324]

The cooooooliest rappers Eric B and Rakim. New respect for Eric B on a recent interview on KZbin- textbook way to answer questions in an interrogation or interview! Never heard him speak until this year.

[@CEELOW3000]

RAKIM always got that presence, style and essence that you know he aint the one to fuk with!!! lol

[@philb.1502]

Peace to the gods and earths. Peace to Eric B and Rakim! Hip hop legends! Shout out to Supreme Magnetic and Rapp for holding them down back in the day. R.I.P. Rapp! Shout out to Fort Greene, Brooklyn!!

[@dipdogbrown1344]

Rakim still the dopest

[@Bembeleke]

knuckle game lol. go Rah

[@deathrager2404]

he nice with his joints

[@lightskinboy6725]

Rakim is the Michael Jordan of hip hop!

[@lonhillyer]

I don't think I've ever heard this man use a swear word in public or on record.

[@else3573]

Yeah, he's got a swear on a couple tracks. "Shit" on My Melody, "Fuck" on Mahogany.

[@Niners4Lyphe]

"It's fucked up but you never complain" - his verse on the song, Addictive.

[@aaroncreagh4402]

Rakim was very clean now that I think about it. Fresh Prince lost his cool on "You Saw My Blinker."

[@ericdemby4644]

Oh he cusses his behind off when he want

[@isaacchambers8319]

I only heard him curse once..in mohogony...he said ,,(I fucked around and missed the show)

[@abdulsmith1569]

Allways nice wit the knuckle game! we can leave the guns in the trunk.

[@dietrichdietrich7763]

💎 gems! #bigfacts

[@arlichar11]

he just a real dude

[@CageinaRage]

My nigga said hit him with a 2 piece

[@BreuckelensFinest]

That's a common boxing term my G

[@Moshe.1972]

that was in 86 he was young and strong i believe him

[@electriccreamman4977]

BreuckelensFinest no shit

[@stawmtroopa1968]

CageinaRage A left jab right cross left uppercut is called 2 piece and a biscuit. I used to say I'll hit you with a 2 piece and a biscuit faster than you can say KFC Lol

[@JusBLieve]

G-Rap let's them know what happened - "Follow the Leader" plays. Eric B sliding across the rink - "Spanish Flea" plays

[@nuggz22]

Rakim talks like he raps...Salute the God!!

[@muckmire3716]

that dude probably around right now bragging that he got two pieces by Rakim

[@eminemisdogshit4626]

Awesome!! Rakim and G rap..Rap royalty.

[@selfiekroos1777]

This guy hasn't changed with the times. Good on him.

[@lxolxo7]

These brothas are legends!!! My Fav MC of my LIFETIME, and that's real!!!

[@mr.stranger4951]

Yo did Kool G respond to this story or what????? Did anybody ask Kool G about this story??? Sheeeeeesh!

[@KKslider1994]

Rakim one of the realest

[@youngestson6537]

Rakim. Legendary. 💯💯💯

[@ernestcarter174]

Definitely the "GOAT" without having to "Spit" a single Cusword smooth...

[@else3573]

I pulled into a gas station in Manhattan one night, like '92, and their was a Jeep Cherokee with "Follow The Leader" in chrome cutout down both sides and like 100 Cinaberry trees hangin off the rearview, dudes comes out the store and it's Eric B. I think them trees were there to cover up the smell of some OTHER trees. lol. Anyway, I said whatup to him and he said it back to us. Just some random shit but I still remember it.

[@mr.stranger4951]

Somebody should have asked G rap about this story. NOt saying Rakim is lying not at all. Just wondering why I can't find an interview with Kool Gansta Rap explaining his version of the story. How come nobody out all the interviewers out there, not one asked G rap about this story???

[@HisTrueName]

They was gangsta in Rocky Mount, NC in '86? Word?

[@goldplugtv8842]

All over NC. Anytime

[@jwjoness]

Rocky Mount still that way.

[@jalvarez8204]

NC is the home of Many Classic Gangsters well known Money making hustlas and some not known..Seargeant Ike who was bigger moneywise than Frank Lucas and I believe Frank Lucas was originally from NC too dont let me find out Frank Matthews is from NC as well?NC dudes on the thread can correct me or confirm I believe he was from NC or ATL not sure but what I KNOW is NC is slept on and SHOULDN'T BE WHATSOEVER with its Rich History in The Street Game.

[@lukekhalid896]

We look at G. Rap and he like Cat just snuffed me BOOM BOOM BOOM

[@ifitaintaboutthemoneydontb5076]

My fav boondock MC. Rakim the goat

[@richardnunez3474]

tht was good classic story from the "R" baby! the G.O.A.T. NO QUESTION!!!!!

[@CinqueMalcolm]

The close up shot of Rakim still doing the counting money motions with his hands and turning his head to look at G Rap's eye jammie was ill.

[@insearthanamesaheera5712]

Rakim is a legend

[@KerkinWayno]

So a nigga punched G rap and he did nothing? TFOH I have to hear Grap side of this story

[@leroystover1062]

I'm from Jersey but I know a real New Yorker when I see one Rakim one love baby

[@cortezcharles3605]

"And I do Work with these Like Hercules" - Know the Ledge :The Real God Em-Cee (Rakim~Allah)

[@KoolMoeKeem]

The R!

[@tarheelphenom]

Rocky Mount is my hometown...he talking about Sportsworld...the skating rink!

[@zodiacstop9096]

Aquarius always got stories..... because they learned by listening .

[@reginaldshambley8642]

I was there that year

[@kielhall8363]

Yo Kraze keep,m coming Jewels son Keep the sun shining you know one peace

[@randee4550]

What's that beat playing in the background?

[@toofine9]

that Eric B story had me rollen lol!!!

[@arieszodiakboxing6669]

Kind of made G Rap sound like a sucker...

[@antoniopedro5795]

Legend.

[@upabittoolate]

Rakim is so fucking cool it's funny.

[@fatgod919]

rocky Mount is a city in nc #252 but I'm from Raleigh NC #919

[@king40796]

The god ra got an mc on the caliber of kool g rap OPEN for him In todays 🌎 that's unheard of

[@dylanmehmedovic5527]

Makeveli The Don Remember this was in 86, the same year G Rap released its a demo so it would make sense that G would open for Ra, he was like 17-18 at the time.

[@amarirae210]

I was there!!! This place was called Sportsworld, now its Star City

[@tyronberzat1442]

Tell it like it is

[@gaffle-411]

1:37 “Bong Bong!” 😂

[@abdulsmith1569]

rakim allways nice with the words!

[@NOXX1985]

Nothing like an O.G such as Rakim bringing real NYC vibes as it should be. in my opinion once hip hop left New York, it wasn't really hip hop anymore 😮‍💨

[@anthonysmith4857]

When is the tour!!!! Got me excited!!!!

[@kekesmooth5618]

Yo I love these hiphop stories.

[@deucedaprodeuca]

So are Eric B and Rakim cool again?

[@deucedaprodeuca]

Never mind. I Googled it. That's great. Made my day.

[@samboogy9051]

CANT C GRAP RUNNING THO

[@madkas14]

The God Mc Rakim!

[@SilvaFoxMC]

Funny as hell!!!😂😂😂

[@duguwudi8204]

Rakim love that name piece......

[@DestineeTyson-ux4zn]

I love you rakim my favorite rapper of all time ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JCR888]

So G rap let some one punch him in the face and didn't do nothing. I don't believe this at all lol lol

[@pwhales264]

BILL GATES , G rapp would have fought the guys what he was outnumbered

[@scottemac]

BILL GATES He didn't let somebody punch him, he got snuffed. Why would Rakim lie about it? Smh

[@timmytriga4able]

Probaly was in shock