KRS-One
KRS-One
KRS-One The Blastmaster, Blastmaster KRS-One, Lawrence Parker, Lawrence "Krisna" Parker, Lawrence "Kris" Parker
The legendary MC from the South Bronx, New York, Lawrence “KRS-One” Parker has been steadily rapping since 1985. His name stands for “Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone”.
KRS came to rapping only by chance. In the Something from The Art of Rap documentary, he recalls watching an MC cypher when suddenly “a dude” randomly picked him out of the crowd and made fun of him. Feeling compelled to defend himself, KRS performed a little freestyle which impressed the crowd and eventually kicked off his rapping career.
His breakthrough onto the hip hop scene began with “The Bridge Is Over” – an answer record to the popular Queens rapper MC Shan’s song “Queensbridge”. From 1986 to 1992, KRS-One fronted the groundbreaking hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, scoring six top 20 hits on the US Rap Chart. In 1993, he began a solo career spanning three decades, racking up six more top 20 Rap Chart hits with “Sound of da Police”, “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know”, “Step Into A World” and “Men Of Steel” also achieving mainstream pop success on the Hot 100.
- Sound of da Police
- Step Into a World (Rapture’s Delight)
- MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know
- Hip Hop Vs. Rap
- A Friend
- Outta Here
- AZTECHNICAL
- Ah-Yeah
- Black Cop
- I Can’t Wake Up
- 9 Elements
- Mad Crew
- Return of the Boom Bap
- Just Like That
- The Truth
- Free Mumia
- Higher Level
- The MC
- Heal Yourself
- Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
- The World Is MIND
- Hip Hop Knowledge
- 5 Boroughs
- Rappaz R. N. Dainja