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Today, Feb. 8, marks the 34th birthday of New York rapper, Smoke DZA. Born Sean Pompey in 1984, Smoke was raised in Harlem, N.Y., with his immersion into hip-hop starting at a young age.
Massachusetts native Joyner Lucas (or Gary Maurice Lucas, Jr, to give him his birth name) achieved widespread acclaim in 2015 for his release, Ross.
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1971), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group the Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove (Ahmir Thompson). He is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics.
Smoke DZA was born February 8, 1984 at Harlem Hospital in New York City and has lived in New York all his life. The son of two Guyanese immigrants, Smoke was exposed to music at home by his father and fell in love with hip hop at a young age. He grew up listening to and emulating fellow New Yorkers Jay-Z and Notorious BIG. After dropping out of high school to pursue his music career, DZA began.
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Gunna’s sophomore studio album, WUNNA, has officially arrived. The rapper joined the latest episode of For The Record to dive into the album, which includes features from Young Thug, Roddy Ricch.