Big Daddy Kane

On September 10th, 1968, Bed Stuy, Brooklyn gave birth to one of hip hop’s most lyrical, diverse, innovative, and trendsetting MCs. He is known by many attributes – Dark Gable, Black Caesar, and King Asiatic Nobody’s Equal – but he is known to the world as Big Daddy Kane. This baritone-voiced, stylishly dressed MC was the first one to bring the “playa” element to hip hop, and along with Bobby Brown and Michael Jordan, he put dark skin back on the map.