Black Milk

Black Milk is becoming the hip-hop junkie’s newest fix. Born Curtis Cross, he’s been creeping toward brand-name status since his 2005 debut album, Sound of the City. Until then, Black Milk was known strictly as a producer, so his pinpoint lyricism caught critics by surprise. His ability as an MC…

The Microphone Fiend

There aren’t too many MCs in hip-hop that get as much respect as Rakim. He’s got the stage presence of a legend and rocks a party like its 1987 every time he touches a microphone. Starting off his career as one half of Erik B. & Rakim, he helped change…