Rakim yana daya daga cikin manyan mawakan rap na Amurka. Mai wasan kwaikwayo na cikin shahararrun duo Eric B. & Rakim. Ana ɗaukar Rakim a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun MCs na kowane lokaci. Rapper ya fara aikin kirkire-kirkire a shekarar 2011.
Yarantaka da matashi na William Michael Griffin Jr.
Ƙarƙashin ƙirƙirar sunan mai suna Rakim, an ɓoye sunan William Michael Griffin Jr. An haifi yaron a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1968 a ƙauyen lardin Wayandanch, a gundumar Suffolk (New York).
Kamar duk yara, ya halarci makaranta. Tun yana ƙarami, William ya nuna gwanintar waƙa. Tuni yana da shekaru 7, waƙa game da Mickey Mouse ta fito daga ƙarƙashin alkalami.
Bugu da ƙari, cewa William yana da baiwar basirar waƙa, yana da matsala game da doka lokacin yana matashi. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 12, matashin ya karbi tuhume-tuhumen sa na farko kan mallakar makamai ba bisa ka'ida ba.
Lokacin da yake matashi, William ya yi wasa a ƙarƙashin ƙirƙirar sunan Kid Wizard. A cikin 1985, ya fara raba waƙoƙinsa a matakin sakandare a ƙauyensa na Wyandanche.
An fara karbar matashin mawakin cikin kungiyar addini ta Nation of Islam a shekarar 1986. Bayan ɗan lokaci, ya zama ɓangare na ƙungiyar mutanen Allah da ƙasa. Ya dauki sunan Rakim Allah.
Rakim haɗin gwiwa tare da Eric B.
A cikin 1986, Rakim ya sadu da Eric B. A lokacin haɗin gwiwar, mutanen sun gudanar da sakin 4 albums na studio. Wannan duet ya kasance "numfashin iska mai dadi" ga rap na Amurka a lokacin.
Dan jarida Tom Terrell na NPR ya bayyana duo a matsayin "mafi tasiri hade da DJ da MC a pop music a yau." Haka kuma, masu gyara na shafin About.com sun sanya duo a cikin jerin "Mafi Girman Hip-Hop Duos na Duk Lokaci 10".
An zabi mawakan don shigar da su cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a cikin 2011. Duk da haka, mawaƙan rapper ba su taɓa yin shi zuwa zaɓi na ƙarshe ba.
Abokan Rakim da Eric B. sun fara ne lokacin da Rakim ya mayar da martani ga sanarwar Eric B. game da gano mafi kyawun MC a New York. Sakamakon wannan sanin shine rikodin waƙar Eric B. Is President.
An rubuta wannan abun da aka haɗa a kan lakabin Zakia Records mai zaman kansa. An fito da waƙar farko ta duo a cikin 1986.
Kundin Kundin Paidin cikakke
Bayan darektan Def Jam Recordings Russell Simmons ya saurari waƙar rap ɗin, duo ɗin ya rattaba hannu kan Records Island.
Mawakan sun fara yin rikodin kundi na farko a Power Play Studios a Manhattan.
A cikin 1987, Duo sun fitar da kundi na farko, Paidin Full. Tarin ya kasance "mugunta" har ya kai ga lamba 58 akan shahararren Billboard 200.
Masoyan kiɗa sun fi son waƙoƙin: Eric B. Shine Shugaban ƙasa, Ba Ni da Barkwanci, Na San Ka Samu Rai, Matsar da Jama'a kuma an biya ku cikakke.
Ba da daɗewa ba aka fito da kundi na biyu na studio. Duo din sun gabatar wa dimbin magoya bayansu da tarin Bibiyar Jagoran, wanda ya samu "Matsayin Zinariya".
Sama da kwafi miliyan 500 na kundi na biyu an sayar da su a duk duniya. Tarin mai bin jagora ba kawai masoyan waƙa ne suka fi son ba, har ma da masu sukar kiɗan.
Bari waƙar Hit 'Em ta kasance sanannen kundi na tara na uku na duo, wanda aka saki a cikin 1990, inda aka ƙara haɓaka sautin duo - Rakim ya karɓi isar da waƙoƙin mai ƙarfi.
Bugu da kari, magoya baya lura da "girma" na wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin waƙoƙin, mawaƙin ya fara taɓa batutuwa masu mahimmanci. Abin lura shi ne cewa wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan ƙididdiga waɗanda suka sami rating na mic biyar daga shahararriyar mujallar The Source.
Bugu da ƙari, a ƙarshen 1990s, mujallar Source ta zaɓi rikodin a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Top 100 Rap Albums".
A cikin 1992, Eric B. & Rakim sun gabatar da sabon albam ɗin su Kada ku yi Sweat the Technique ga magoya baya. Daga baya, tarin ya zama aiki na ƙarshe a cikin hotunan duo.
Waƙar farko na tarin ita ce ƙaramar buga rediyo. Har ila yau, an sake yin asarar rayuka a matsayin guda ɗaya. Sanin Ledge ya fara fitowa a cikin fim din Juice mai suna Juice (Know the Ledge).
Eric B. baya son shiga tare da MCA. Yana tsoron kada Rakim ya bar shi. Shawarar Eric B. ta haifar da doguwar gwagwarmayar shari'a da ta shafi mawakan biyu da MCA. Daga karshe dai su biyun sun watse.
Farkon aikin solo na rapper Rakim
Rakim bai bar duo kadai ba. Ya kwashe dimbin magoya baya. Duk da haka, bayan barin, singer ya nuna hali a matsayin mai hankali kamar yadda zai yiwu kuma da farko da wuya ya lalata magoya baya tare da sababbin abubuwa.
A cikin 1993, mawaƙin ya gabatar da waƙar Heat It Up. Sake canza sheka a MCA ya yi mugun barkwanci a kan lakabin kanta. A 1994, da artist a karshe yanke shawarar barin lakabin, a kan wani solo "iyo".
Ba da daɗewa ba rapper ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Universal Records. A cikin 1996, Rakim ya gabatar da kundi na farko na solo The 18th Letter. An saki kundin a watan Nuwamba 1997.
Sakamakon ya wuce duk tsammanin. Tarin ya ɗauki matsayi na 4 a kan taswirar Billboard 200. Bugu da ƙari, tarin ya sami takardar shaidar "zinariya" daga RIAA.
A cikin ƙarshen 1990s, mawaƙin ya bayyana akan waƙoƙi uku akan kundi na tattarawa The Seduction of Claude Debussy ta mashahurin ƙungiyar Art of Noise.
Keith Farley na All Music ya bayyana cewa "rikodin yana kama da yadda ake amfani da fasaha na ƙwanƙwasa ƙwanƙwasa waɗanda aka fara bayyana akan tarin Art of Noise.
Kusan lokaci guda, Rakim ya gabatar da tarin na biyu The Master. Duk da tsammanin rapper, kundin ya sayar da rashin kyau. Amma ba za a iya kiran shi gaba ɗaya "ya kasa".
Sadarwa tare da Dr. Dr Bayan Bayan
A cikin 2000, mawaƙin ya haɗu tare da lakabin Dr. Dre Aftermath Entertainment. Anan mai rapper yana aiki akan sabon kundi. Tun kafin a gabatar da hukuma, sunan rikodin Oh, Allahna ya bayyana.
An jinkirta gabatar da tarin da aka ambata akai-akai. Da farko dai wannan ya faru ne saboda yadda wakokin album din aka yi musu gyara. Yayin da yake aiki a kan rikodin, Rakim ya yi baƙon baƙo a kan ayyuka da yawa Bayan Ayyukan.
A 2003, singer ya sanar da cewa ya bar lakabin. Ga masu sha'awar rapper, wannan yana nufin ba za su ga tarihin Oh, My God nan ba da jimawa ba. Dalilin barin lakabin shine rikicin Rakim da Dr. Dre.
Bayan mai zane ya bar lakabin, ya koma gidansa a Connecticut inda ya yi aiki a kan sababbin waƙoƙi. Wannan lokacin ya zama shekara ta kwantar da hankali ga rapper. Bai ba da kide kide da wake-wake ba kuma ya kauce wa taron kida iri-iri.
A cikin 2006, Rakim ya gaya wa magoya baya labari mai daɗi. Ba da daɗewa ba masu son kiɗa za su iya jin daɗin kundi na Hatimin Bakwai. Duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba mawakin ya ba da sanarwar cewa an dage fitar da kundin zuwa 2009.
Madadin haka, mawaƙin ya gabatar da raye-rayen The Archive: Live, Lost & Found a 2008. An fitar da kundin Hatimin Seventh a cikin 2009.
An yi rikodin waƙoƙi a Rakim Ra Records, da kuma TVM da rikodin SMC.
Mawaƙi bayan hutu ...
Tsawon shekaru 10, mai wasan kwaikwayon ya yi "shiru" domin rikodin da ya dace ya fito. Manyan waƙoƙin wannan kundi sune waƙar Holy Are You da Walk This Streets.
A kan hadawa za ku iya jin muryoyin Styles P, Jadakiss da Busta Rhymes, da kuma masu fasahar R&B: Maino, IQ, Tracey Horton, Samuel Christian da 'yar Rakim, Destiny Griffin. An sayar da fiye da kwafi 12 a farkon satin tallace-tallace.
A cikin 2012, Rakim ya sanar da magoya bayansa cewa, don girmama bikin 25th na Paidin Full's duet tare da Eric B., mawakan za su saki wani keɓaɓɓen tari mai cike da tsofaffi da sababbin waƙoƙi daga duo.
Mawaƙin ya ce a ƙarshen 2012, magoya baya za su ji daɗin waƙoƙi masu kyau.
Shekara guda bayan haka, mai rapper da DMX sun fito da wani sabon abu na haɗin gwiwa Kar ku kira Ni. Shekara guda bayan haka, mawaƙin rap da ƙungiyar almara Linkin Park sun fitar da abun da aka tsara na kiɗan Laifi Duk iri ɗaya.
An yi rikodin waƙar a kan sanannen lakabin Warner Bros. rubuce-rubuce. A hukumance, abun da ke ciki yana samuwa don saukewa kawai a cikin 2014.
A cikin 2015, ya zama sananne cewa mai zane yana aiki akan sabon kundi. Bugu da kari, a daya daga cikin hirarrakin da mawakin ya yi, ya ce, tabbas wakokin sabon faifan za su faranta wa masoyansa rai.
Kuma idan tarin Hatimin Bakwai ya juya ya zama mai tsanani kuma mai ban sha'awa, to, sabon diski ya kasance mai haske kuma kamar yadda zai yiwu.
A cikin 2018, an sake sakin sabuwar waƙa ta Aljannar Sarki akan waƙar sauti don kakar wasa ta biyu na Luka Cage. Rakim ya yi waƙar a karon farko a cikin Tiny Desk Concerts jerin.
Saduwar Rakim tare da Eric B.
A cikin 2016, bayanai sun bayyana cewa Eric B. da Rakim sun yanke shawarar sake yin aiki tare. Duo ya yi wa magoya bayansa ba'a tare da yawon shakatawa na gaba da safe.
Mawakan rap sun gudanar da bincike kan garuruwan da ya kamata su ziyarta a wani bangare na rangadi.
Wasan farko na biyun ya faru ne a cikin Yuli 2017 a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Apollo a New York. A cikin 2018, sun ba da sanarwar rangadinsu na 17 na Amurka.
Rapper Rakim yau
A cikin Oktoba 2018, Rakim ya gabatar da Mafi kyawun Rakim | Siffofin. Bayan shekara guda, hoton rapper ya cika da tarin Melrose. A cikin 2019, sabbin shirye-shiryen bidiyo na mawaƙin sun bayyana.
A cikin 2020, rapper Rakim yana shirin sadaukar da watanni da yawa ga magoya bayansa. Mai wasan kwaikwayo zai ziyarci kasashe da dama tare da kide-kide.
