Biography: Eligh, E-Dub, Eminem, Emmanuel Jal, Encore, EPMD, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Eric B. & Rakim, Easy A.D., Eric Dixon,

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An outside-of-the-box MC and producer, Eligh was an important contributor to the development of Cali’s hip-hop underground in the mid- to late ’90s as he helped construct the sound of his crew, the Living Legends, with his productions

After winning the 1999 Blaze Battle of MCs, Detroit rapper E-Dub suddenly became a hot commodity, garnering praise from Source magazine and signing to MCA Records, who released his major-label debut album

A protégé of Dr Dre, rapper Eminem emerged in 1999 as one of the most controversial rappers to ever grace the genre Using his biting wit and incredible skills to vent on everything from his unhappy childhood to his contempt for the mainstream media, his success became the biggest crossover success the genre had seen since Dre’s solo debut seven years earlier

Emmanuel Jal Biography, Photos, Pictures

Genre-straddling African Christian gospel rapper Emmanuel Jal was born in the village of Tong (sometimes spelled Tony) in southern Sudan around 1980 His mother died when he was still a young child of seven or so, and Jal was forced into a Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) military training camp in Ethiopia, where he was trained to be a soldier, participating in military battles before he was even a teenager

Milpitas, CA’s underground rapper Encore discovered hip-hop at an early age and tried his hand at many of the style’s aspects, including DJing, breaking and popping, and graffing, but found rhyming to be the least expensive — and most expressive — way to become involved in the hip-hop scene

On the surface, the sample-reliant productions and monotone rapping styles of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith had little to recommend them, but the duo’s recordings as EPMD were among the best in hip-hop’s underground during the late ’80s and early ’90s

Eric "Vietnam" Sadler Biography, Photos, Pictures

As an electronics wizard for Hank Shocklee and the Bomb Squad, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler became an invaluable ingredient to the success of rap group Public Enemy Known for his thorough knowledge of drum machines and techniques, Sadler first met Shocklee and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D while he was renting rehearsal space for bands in a Long Island house

Eric B. & Rakim Biography, Photos, Pictures

They never had a mainstream hit of their own, but during rap’s so-called golden age in the late ’80s, Eric B & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop

A founding member of the legendary Cold Crush Brothers, MC Easy AD started out making hip-hop history, and then went on to become one of the genre’s great historians Born and raised in the “boogie-down” Bronx, Easy A

Among the people named Eric Dixon who did not play in the Count Basie band, one lurks in the obviously friendly capacity of executive producer for rap projects such as Levels of Change

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