http://theurbandaily.com The eyes and ears for African-Americans looking for what's hot online, on the airwaves, on TV, in the theaters and on the streets. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:28:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://theurbandaily.com/files/2010/08/tud_logo_220x100_web.pnghttp://theurbandaily.com http://theurbandaily.com/music/jbarrow/exclusive-video-rakim-speaks-on-nas-unauthorized-biography/ http://theurbandaily.com/music/jbarrow/exclusive-video-rakim-speaks-on-nas-unauthorized-biography/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:09:25 +0000 Jerry Barrow, Senior Editor http://theurbandaily.com/?p=414111 Read more..]]> As a journalist I can empathize with Nas’ desire to write Rakim’s biography. After more than twenty years of rewinding “The God MCS’ mind-bending couplets I couldn’t wait for the 15 minutes of camera time I was granted to discuss his new CD The Seventh Seal. But before I got into my questions I had to ask one of the most influential MCs ever how he felt having his life story turned into a song (“The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim” ) by the one many said was  his heir apparent back in 1994. His response might surprise you.

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