Kool G Rap

KOOL G RAP BRINGS THE HIP-HOP SOUNDS OF NEW YORK CITY TO WORTHING THIS SPRING, CELEBRATING HIS 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

American rapper Kool G Rap began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time, and a pioneer of mafioso rap / street / hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming.

Ask any Hip-Hop fan to describe Kool G Rap, you’d get answers like “the Godfather of Gangster Rap” and “your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper”.

Kool G Rap has fathered a whole genre of Hip-Hop with his gritty storytelling abilities painting vivid pictures of the daily struggles faced on the harsh streets of inner city New York. His complex multi-syllabalistic rhyme scheme was ground-breaking when he first introduced it to the world. Many have tried to replicate his style, most have fallen short.

His unique style and storytelling abilities wrapped with his cunning lyricism has come to inspire artists from the likes of Big Pun, 2Pac, Jay-Z and Nas to name but a few. Jay-Z famously paid homage with the line "Hearing me is like hearing G Rap in his prime" on "Encore".

In 2026 he is still as inspirational and hungry as ever with his ability to adapt his style, making him not only one of Hip-Hop’s greats, but also one of music’s most resilient artists.