Rakim: still preaching 'not for profit'

Once in the vanguard of hip-hop's golden age, the rap legend remains a custodian of musical values long since lost to lucreWilliam Michael Griffin Jr, aka Rakim Allah, remembers the first time he came to England. It was November 1987; the 19-year-old rapper, then partnered with DJ Eric B, had hardly ever left New York state before. Together with LL Cool J and Public Enemy – also on the bill – he flew to London for a show that would change not only the lives of many in the crowd, but a few o...

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