U-Rakim ungomunye wabaculi be-rapper abanethonya kakhulu e-United States of America. Umculi uyingxenye yeqembu elidumile u-Eric B. & Rakim. U-Rakim uthathwa kabanzi njengomunye wama-MC anekhono kunabo bonke. Umrepha waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokudala emuva ngo-2011.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaWilliam Michael Griffin Jr.
Ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba lokudala elithi Rakim, igama likaWilliam Michael Griffin Jr. lifihliwe. Umfana wazalwa ngoJanuwari 28, 1968 edolobhaneni lesifundazwe laseWayandanch, eSuffolk County (New York).
Njengazo zonke izingane, waya esikoleni. Kusukela esemncane, uWilliam wabonisa ithalente lobunkondlo. Kakade lapho ngineminyaka engu-7, inkondlo mayelana Mickey Mouse yavela ngaphansi kwepeni lakhe.
Ngaphezu kokuthi uWilliam wayenesiphiwo sokuqamba izinkondlo, wayenezinkinga nomthetho esemncane. Lapho ineminyaka engu-12 ubudala, le nsizwa yathola icala layo lokuqala lokutholakala nezikhali ngokungemthetho.
Esemusha, uWilliam wadlala ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Kid Wizard. Ngo-1985, waqala ukwabelana ngamathrekhi akhe esiteji sesikole samabanga aphezulu endaweni yangakubo i-Wyandanche.
Lo mrepha osemusha wamukelwa okokuqala enhlanganweni yezenkolo yeNation of Islam ngo-1986. Ngemva kwesikhashana, waba yingxenye yenhlangano ye-People of Gods and Lands. Wathatha igama elithi Rakim Allah.
U-Rakim usebenzisana no-Eric B.
Ngo-1986, u-Rakim wahlangana no-Eric B. Ngesikhathi sokubambisana, abafana bakwazi ukukhulula ama-albhamu angu-4 we-studio. Le duet "yayingumoya omusha" we-rap yaseMelika ngaleso sikhathi.
Intatheli uTom Terrell we-NPR uchaze laba ababili "njengenhlanganisela enethonya elikhulu ka-DJ kanye ne-MC emculweni we-pop namuhla." Ngaphezu kwalokho, abahleli besayithi i-About.com babeke laba ababili ohlwini lwe-"The 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Duos of All Time".
Abaculi baqokwe ukuthi bangeniswe ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ngo-2011. Kodwa-ke, ama-rapper awakaze afinyelele ekukhethweni kokugcina.
Ukwazana kuka-Rakim no-Eric B. kwaqala lapho u-Rakim esabela esimemezelweni sika-Eric B. mayelana nokuthola i-MC ehamba phambili eNew York. Umphumela walokhu kwazi kwaba ukuqoshwa kwengoma ethi Eric B. Is President.
Lokhu kuqanjwa kuqoshwe kulebula ezimele i-Zakia Records. Ingoma yokuqala ye-duo yakhululwa ngo-1986.
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi Paidin Full
Ngemuva kokuthi umqondisi weDef Jam Recordings uRussell Simmons elalele ithrekhi yabarepha, laba ababili basayine ku-Island Records.
Abaculi baqale ukuqopha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala e-Power Play Studios eManhattan.
Ngo-1987, i-duo yakhipha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala, i-Paidin Full. Ukuhlanganiswa "kwakukubi" kangangokuthi kwafinyelela inombolo engu-58 eshadini elidumile le-Billboard 200.
Abathandi bomculo bawathande kakhulu amathrekhi: Eric B. Is President, I Ain't No Joke, I Know You Got Soul, Hambisa Isixuku futhi Ukhokhe Ngokugcwele.
Ngokushesha i-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo yakhululwa. Laba ababili bethule abalandeli babo abaningi iqoqo elithi Landela uMholi, elithole "isimo segolide".
Amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-500 e-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo athengiswe emhlabeni wonke. Iqoqo elithi Landela Leader alithandwanga kuphela abathandi bomculo, kodwa nangabagxeki bomculo.
I-Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em bekuyi-albhamu yesithathu yokuhlanganiswa kwe-duo edumile, eyakhululwa ngo-1990, lapho umsindo we-duo wathuthukiswa khona - u-Rakim wamukela ukulethwa kwamathrekhi okunolaka.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abalandeli baphawula "ukukhula" komculi. Emathrekhi, umculi waqala ukuthinta izihloko ezibalulekile. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi lokhu kungenye yezinhlanganisela ezimbalwa ezithole ukukala kwama-mic amahlanu kumagazini odumile uMthombo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990, irekhodi lakhethwa ngumagazini i-Source njengelinye lama-albhamu "e-Top 100 Rap".
Ngo-1992, u-Eric B. & Rakim bethula i-albhamu yabo entsha ethi Don't Sweat the Technique kubalandeli. Kamuva, iqoqo laba umsebenzi wokugcina ku-discography ye-duo.
Ingoma yokuqala yeqoqo bekuyingoma encane yomsakazo. I-Casualties of War nayo yakhululwa njengeyodwa. Yazi i-Ledge yaqala ukuvela kwifilimu yeJuice enesihloko esithi Juice (Yazi I-Ledge).
U-Eric B. akafunanga ukusayina ne-MCA. Wayesaba ukuthi uRakim uzomshiya. Isinqumo sika-Eric B. siholele empini ende nenzima yezomthetho ehlanganisa laba baculi ababili kanye ne-MCA. Laba bagcina behlukene.
Ukuqala komsebenzi oyedwa we-rapper uRakim
U-Rakim akazange abashiye bobabili. Uthathe inqwaba yabalandeli. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokuhamba, umculi waziphatha ngobuhlakani ngangokunokwenzeka futhi ekuqaleni wayengavamile ukona abalandeli ngendalo entsha.
Ngo-1993, lo rapper wethula iculo elithi Heat It Up. Ukulungiswa kabusha kwe-MCA kudlale ihlaya elinonya ngokumelene nelebula ngokwayo. Ngo-1994, umculi ekugcineni wanquma ukushiya ilebula, ehamba yedwa "ukubhukuda".
Ngokushesha lo rapper wasayina inkontileka ne-Universal Records. Ngo-1996, uRakim wethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi The 18th Letter. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngoNovemba 1997.
Umphumela udlule konke obekulindelwe. Iqoqo lithathe indawo yesi-4 eshadini le-Billboard 200. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqoqo lithole isitifiketi "segolide" esivela ku-RIAA.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yo-1990, lo rapper wavela kumathrekhi amathathu e-albhamu ehlanganisiwe ethi The Seduction of Claude Debussy yiqembu elidumile elithi Art of Noise.
U-Keith Farley wawo Wonke Umculo uphawule ukuthi "irekhodi lithwebula kahle ukusetshenziswa kobuciko kwamasampuli ebhithiyoli avela okokuqala ekuhlanganisweni kwe-Art of Noise.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Rakim wethula iqoqo lesibili elithi The Master. Yize lo mrepha ebekulindele kodwa icwecwe lithengiswe kabi. Kodwa ayikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi "yehlulekile" ngokuphelele.
Ukusebenzisana noDkt. Dre Aftermath
Ngo-2000, lo mculi wasebenzisana nelebula elithi Dr. I-Dre Aftermath Entertainment. Lapha lo mrepha ubesebenzela i-albhamu entsha. Ngisho nangaphambi kokwethulwa okusemthethweni, igama lerekhodi O, Nkulunkulu Wami lavela.
Ukwethulwa kweqoqo elishiwo bekulokhu kuhlehliswa njalo. Okokuqala nje, lokhu kungenxa yokuthi izingoma ze-albhamu zishintshile. Ngenkathi esebenza kurekhodi, u-Rakim wenze ukubonakala kwezivakashi kumaphrojekthi amaningi we-Aftermath.
Ngo-2003, lo mculi wamemezela ukuthi uyayishiya ilebula. Kubalandeli bomculi we-rapper, lokhu kwakusho ukuthi ngeke babone inhlanganisela ye-Oh, My God noma nini maduze. Isizathu sokushiya ilebula kwaba ukungqubuzana kukaRakim noDkt. Dre.
Ngemuva kokuthi umculi eshiye ilebula, wathuthela emzini wakhe e-Connecticut lapho esebenze khona izingoma ezintsha. Lesi sikhathi sibe unyaka wokuzola ku-rapper. Akazange anikeze amakhonsathi futhi wagwema imicimbi ehlukahlukene yomculo.
Ngo-2006, uRakim watshela abalandeli izindaba ezinhle. Ngokushesha abathandi bomculo bangajabulela i-albhamu ethi The Seventh Seal. Kodwa-ke, lo mrepha washeshe wamemezela ukuthi ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu kuhlehliselwe ku-2009.
Kunalokho, umculi wethula inhlanganisela ebukhoma ethi The Archive: Live, Lost & Found ngo-2008. I-albhamu ethi The Seventh Seal yaphuma ngo-2009.
Amaculo aqoshwa kwa-Rakim Ra Records, kanye ne-TVM kanye ne-SMC Recordings.
Umculi ngemuva kokuphola...
Iminyaka engu-10, umculi "wayethule" ukuze kuphume irekhodi elifaneleka ngempela. Amaculo ahamba phambili ale albhamu bekungamaculo athi Holy Are You nethi Walk This Streets.
Ekuhlanganiseni ungezwa amazwi eSitayela P, u-Jadakiss no-Busta Rhymes, kanye nabaculi be-R&B: uMaino, u-IQ, uTracey Horton, uSamuel Christian kanye nendodakazi ka-Rakim, u-Destiny Griffin. Kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kuka-12 ngeviki lokuqala lokuthengisa.
Ngo-2012, u-Rakim wazisa abalandeli ukuthi, ngokuhlonipha iminyaka engu-25 ye-duo ka-Paidin Full no-Eric B., ama-rapper azokhipha iqoqo elikhethekile eligcwele amathrekhi amadala namasha avela kubabili.
Lo mrepha uthe ekupheleni kuka-2012 abalandeli bazojabulela izingoma ezimnandi.
Ngemva konyaka, i-rapper kanye ne-DMX bakhipha ingoma entsha ehlangene ethi Ungangibizi. Ngemva konyaka, i-rapper neqembu elidumile i-Linkin Park bakhipha ingoma yomculo ethi Guilty All the Same.
Ingoma iqoshwe kulebula edumile ethi Warner Bros. amarekhodi. Ngokusemthethweni, okubhaliwe bekutholakala ukuze kulandwe kuphela ngo-2014.
Ngo-2015, kwaziwa ukuthi umculi usebenza ku-albhamu entsha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe, umculi wathi izingoma ze-disc entsha zizojabulisa abalandeli bakhe.
Futhi uma iqoqo elithi The Seventh Seal liphenduke laba likhulu futhi liyibukhazikhazi, khona-ke idiski entsha yayilula futhi iyinhle ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ngo-2018, iculo elisha elithi King's Paradise likhishwe kumsindo wesizini yesibili kaLuke Cage. U-Rakim wenze iculo okokuqala ngqa ochungechungeni lwamakhonsathi e-Tiny Desk.
Ukuhlangana kabusha kuka-Rakim no-Eric B.
Ngo-2016, kwavela ulwazi lokuthi u-Eric B. no-Rakim banquma ukusebenzisana futhi. Laba ababili bagcone abalandeli ngohambo lokuhlangana ngakusasa ekuseni.
Abarepha benze ucwaningo ngokuthi yimaphi amadolobha okufanele bawavakashele njengengxenye yokuvakasha.
Ukusebenza kokuqala kwe-duo kwenzeka ngoJulayi 2017 e-Apollo Theatre eNew York. Ngo-2018, bamemezele uhambo lwabo lwe-17 lwase-United States of America.
Umrepha uRakim namuhla
Ngo-Okthoba 2018, u-Rakim wethule Okungcono Kakhulu Kwe-Rakim | Izici. Ngemva konyaka, i-discography ye-rapper yagcwaliswa ngeqoqo le-Melrose. Ngo-2019, kwavela iziqeshana zevidiyo ezintsha zomculi.
Ngo-2020, i-rapper u-Rakim uhlela ukunikela izinyanga ezimbalwa kubalandeli bakhe. Lo mculi uzohambela amazwe amaningi namakhonsathi akhe.
