DJ Cassidy New York Tickets - Radio City Music Hall

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Doug E. Fresh

2 concerts

Barbados-born rapper and pioneering human beatbox Doug E. Fresh debuted on 1983’s “Pass the Budda.” Known for “The Show/La Di Da Di” with the Get Fresh Crew (incl. Slick Rick). Albums include 1987’s Oh, My God! and 1988’s The World’s Greatest Entertainer.

EPMD

2 concerts

Long Island’s Brentwood-raised hip-hop duo Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith formed EPMD in 1987. Known for sample-heavy beats and monotone raps, they scored gold with Strictly Business and Unfinished Business and made classics like “You Gots to Chill.”

Nice & Smooth

1 concert

Onyx

1 concert

Formed in Queens in 1988, hardcore rap group Onyx achieved mainstream success with their 1993 platinum debut album, Bacdafucup, and its hit single Slam. Central members Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz later released albums such as Shut 'Em Down, Onyx 4 Life, and Versus Everybody.

Rakim

6 concerts

Born William Griffin, Jr. in Wyandanch, New York, rapper Rakim rose to fame as one-half of the influential 1980s duo Eric B. & Rakim. Known for his smooth flow and intricate internal rhyme schemes, he helped define East Coast hip-hop with classic albums like the platinum debut Paid in Full. He later released solo projects including The 18th Letter.

Big Daddy Kane

5 concerts

Brooklyn-born rapper Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy) rose in the late ’80s, joining Marley Marl’s Juice Crew. His 1988 single “Raw” and albums Long Live the Kane and It’s a Big Daddy Thing yielded classics like “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’” and “Smooth Operator.”

Slick Rick

1 concert

Born in South Wimbledon, London to Jamaican parents, Slick Rick is an early hip-hop storytelling icon. His 1988 debut The Great Adventures of Slick Rick went platinum, spawning hits “Children’s Story” and “Teenage Love.” His Top 10 album The Art of Storytelling featured Nas, Snoop Dogg, and OutKast.

DJ Cassidy

2 concerts

New York DJ Cassidy caught Diddy's attention as a teenager, leading to high-profile gigs for Russell Simmons, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's wedding, and presidential inaugurations. Signed to Columbia, he released the 2014 album Paradise Royale.

Treach

2 concerts

The Sugarhill Gang

4 concerts

Formed by producer Sylvia Robinson, New York hip-hop trio Sugarhill Gang released the multi-platinum 1979 global hit Rapper's Delight, inaugurating recorded hip-hop. Despite follow-up tracks like 8th Wonder and Apache, the group faded by the mid-eighties.

Roxanne Shanté

1 concert

Kid N Play

1 concert

Kurtis Blow

Harlem-born hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow (born Kurtis Walker) was the first commercially successful rapper and first to sign and release a major-label album. His 1980 gold single The Breaks and album Kurtis Blow helped bring rap mainstream.

MC Shan

Monie Love

Kool Moe Dee

Born Mohandas Dewese, Kool Moe Dee rose from Treacherous Three to Jive solo star; speed-rap “Go See the Doctor” (with Teddy Riley), platinum How Ya Like Me Now, Grammy first.

Brand Nubian

Dana Dane

Grandmasters Melle Mel and the Scorpio Furious 5

Special Ed

Brooklyn rapper Special Ed (Ed Archer): sharp, mature rhymes; debuted on Profile with Hitman Howie Tee, went gold-ish; “Crooklyn” (Crooklyn Dodgers); worked with 2Pac.