Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kool G Rap (left) and DJ Polo in New York, 1992. - Credit: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images I grew up in Corona, ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK–DECEMBER 04: Rappers Kool G Rap (aka Nathaniel Thomas Wilson; G Rap; Kool Genius Of Rap) and DJ Polo appear in a portrait taken on December 4, 1992 in New York City. (Photo by Al ...

On this day in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their first album on the quintessential yet now-defunct Hip-Hop label Cold Chillin’ Records. As esteemed ...

DJ Polo was a part of the famed New York City hip-hop collective The Juice Crew. DJ Polo, the DJ for the hip-hop group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, has died. The sad announcement was made by DJ Polo’s ...

Kool G Rap’s 4, 5, 6 is an essential document of 1990s East Coast hip-hop, classic in the canon of mafioso rap, and a standout in a legendary catalog with no shortage of high water marks. After a ...

DJ Polo, the rapper known as a member of the 1980s hip-hop collective Juice Crew and the duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, died on Saturday. His family confirmed the news on Instagram, writing: It is with a ...

Classic hip-hop fans are mourning the death of Queens legend DJ Polo, who died this weekend aged 63. Born Thomas Pough, DJ Polo would become half of one of rap’s preeminent DJ/MC duos alongside ...

Thomas Pough, better known as DJ Polo, who was a member of the Juice Crew and one-half of the duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, died on Saturday. He was 63. One of his children announced the news in an ...

For underground-hiphop purists, Kool G Rap merits mention in the same sentence—albeit a few commas down—from old-school legends Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, and KRS-One. Heroically overcoming a speech ...

The Paid in Full Foundation will honor legendary rappers Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, Kool Rock Ski of The Fat Boys and Jalil Hutchins of WHODINI on Saturday (October 18). Four pioneering Hip-Hop artists ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Queens rap legend Kool G Rap and DJ Polo released their debut album Road To The Riches, which now celebrates its 37th anniversary. Dropped in 1989 on the now legendary ...

DJ Polo, best known as half of the prominent 1980s rap duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, died on Saturday, July 27. He was 63. “It is with a heavy heart we mourn the loss of my father, the incredible DJ Polo, ...