My Memories Of Gang Starr, Hip-Hop's Smoothest Gangster

On April 19, Guru, rapper with Gang Starr, died of cancer. Fan and friend Mark Ronson explains why he should be fêted. When I first started DJing in the mid-’90s, Gang Starr had this record out, ‘DWYCK’. That anthem was the New York anthem, and it stayed the New York anthem for about six years. I remember one of the first rap celebrities I ever saw was Guru, and it was just insane. I’d play a lot of good old soul music and he was definitely into that. He’d come up to me during th...

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