Kool G Rap

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Kool G Rap, de son vrai nom Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (né le 20 juillet 1968 dans le Queens, à New York), est un rappeur américain. Il lance sa carrière au milieu des années 1980 en tant que membre des groupes Kool G Rap and DJ Polo et Juice Crew. Il est souvent cité par la presse spécialisée comme l'un des rappeurs les plus influents de tous les temps et un pionnier du mafioso rap/street/hardcore et de la rime multi-syllabe. Sur son album The Giancana Story, il explique que « G » signifie « Giancana » ou à l'occasion « Genius ».

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Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap), is an American rapper. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time, and a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster Sam Giancana), but on other occasions he has stated that it stands for "Genius".

He has also been cited as a major influence on some of hip-hop's most critically acclaimed figures, such as the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Eminem and Jay-Z, as well as many underground rappers.

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