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Gang Starr Foundation est un groupe de hip-hop américain originaire de Boston, dans le Massachusetts. Biographie. Gang Starr Foundation est formé en 1993 par The Vikar. En mai 2007, le membre de la Gang Starr Foundation, Big Shug, publie son album solo Readies Sophomore [1].
- Depuis 1993
- Gang Starr Foundation, Year Round, 7 Grand
- Hip-hop
- États-Unis
Gang Starr Foundation is a collective of East Coast hip-hop artists led by the hip hop group Gang Starr. It was co-founded by Boston legend Big Shug. It was established in 1993.
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Original & second group lineups
The original Gang Starr group was founded in Morehouse College by three friends from Boston, Massachusetts: Guru (then known as MC Keithy E.) who had planned to be a rapper/singer, Big Shug as the main MC and DJ Suave D (Shug's younger brother Dana) as their DJ. After Shug was imprisoned, Suave D quit the group, leaving Guru to enlist the services of MC Damo D-Ski and DJ 1, 2 B-Down (also known as Mike Dee) with various producers, such as Donald D, J.V. Johnson or The 45 King helping out. The...
Breakup and partnering with DJ Premier
In 1989, the group split for the second time and the only member willing to continue under the name was Guru. He got in touch with Houston, Texas native DJ Premier (then known as Waxmaster C) who sent him a beat tape, which Guru liked. He invited DJ Premier to join Gang Starr, relocate with him to Brooklyn and in that same year they released their first single "Words I Manifest" along with the album No More Mr. Nice Guy (1989). In 1990, the group was signed to the Chrysalis record label by th...
Guru's death
In February 2010, Guru suffered a heart attack, went into a coma, and died on April 19, 2010. DJ Solar, a long-time collaborator of Guru, said Guru chose not to go public with the diagnosis of myeloma that was made in 2000. Guru appeared to have fallen out with DJ Premier seven years prior to his death and did "not wish my ex-DJ to have anything to do with my name, likeness, events, tributes, etc." There is speculation that the letter was not written by Guru, but was composed by Solar.The val...
The Gang Starr Foundation was a loose collective of various people who have worked closely with the group, through either Guru's now defunct Ill Kid label, DJ Premier's production work or the management company that Gang Starr was represented by, Empire Management. Members of the foundation included Big Shug, Afu-Ra, Jeru the Damaja, Krumbsnatcha, ...
"Jazz and Hip-Hop" by Jared Pauley, (Jazz.com)The BackPackerz est parti à la rencontre de 3 légendes du rap New-Yorkais : Jeru The Damaja, Afu Ra et Big Shug, représentant de la Gang Starr Foundation.
15 nov. 2023 · Ces mêmes années, le duo forme une association de rappeurs nommée la Gang Starr Foundation où l’on croise Jeru the Damaja, Group Home, Afu-Ra ou encore Big Shug. Leur...
Gang Starr Foundation. Ce projet porte aussi naturellement le sceau Gang Starr Foundation avec quatre titres dans le pur esprit des précédentes collaborations des différents membres de ce collectif.
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