Gang Starr front man rapper Guru linked up with Jive Records shout-rappers The Cutthroats for "Stop Lookin' at Me." He released classic albums with Gang Starr through the '90s before eventually going solo. Guru passed away in 2010 after slipping i...
Perhaps "YOLO" isn't the healthiest motto.
Though Gang Starr got their start in 1987, Guru and DJ Premier released their first game changing album in 1993, Jazzmatazz Vol. 1. It was the first in a series and critically acclaimed for successfully bridging that gap between eras of music with...
The '90s-era rap icon, born Keith Edward Elam, actually had a fairly privileged upbringing in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The son of a judge and a board member of the Boston public libraries, he attended private schools and even earned his degree befo...
After years of creative differences, the iconic New York duo went on hiatus after their 2003 album The Ownerz. Prospects for a reunion looked even grimmer when Guru said in a 2009 interview, "I am Gang Starr...Gang Starr is me." To make matters wo...
1991's Step in the Arena was a quantum leap forward for Gang Starr. Premo's drums hit harder, his cuts were even more surgically precise, and Guru was in top form, perfectly balancing rap boasts with uplifting corner consciousness. Led by heaters ...
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