Capone-N-Noreaga
Capone-N-Noreaga
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Capone-N-Noreaga (often shortened to C-N-N) is a legendary hip hop duo from Queens, New York City. Consisting of Capone (born Kiam Holley, Feb 8 1976) and Noreaga, now known as N.O.R.E. (born Sep 6 1977).
Both rappers can be seen as “street reporters” (their initials are CNN). Their style is at the same time hard and mind-blowing like other QB’s rappers especially Mobb Deep. They compared their neighbourhoods to Middle-East countries on war like Iraq, Syria or Lebanon.
The band is iconic of Queensbridge’s music, the album The War Report is considered a classic and had a huge influence on french rap (for instance Unité 2 feu).
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