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Kool G Rap

<p><b>Nathaniel Thomas Wilson</b> (born July 20, 1968),<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> better known by his stage name <b>Kool G Rap</b> (or simply <b>G Rap</b>), is an American <a href="/en/Rapping" title="Rapping" class="wl">rapper</a>. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap &amp; DJ Polo and as a member of the <a href="/en/Juice_Crew" title="Juice Crew" class="wl">Juice Crew</a>. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Kool_Moe_Dee_2003,_p.225,_228_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Kool_Moe_Dee_2003,_p.225,_228-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-mtv.com_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allmusicguide.com_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-allmusicguide.com-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allhiphop.com_6-0"><a href="#cite_note-allhiphop.com-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_8-0"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-rollingstone.com_9-0"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone.com-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[9]</span></a></span> and a pioneer of <a href="/en/Mafioso_rap" title="Mafioso rap" class="mw-redirect wl">mafioso rap</a>/street/hardcore content<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-mtv.com_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-rollingstone.com_9-1"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone.com-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[9]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Cobb,_William_Jelani_2007,_p._59_10-0"><a href="#cite_note-Cobb,_William_Jelani_2007,_p._59-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[10]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Hess,_Mickey_2007,_p.57_11-0"><a href="#cite_note-Hess,_Mickey_2007,_p.57-11" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[11]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Kool_Moe_Dee_2003,_p.228_12-0"><a href="#cite_note-Kool_Moe_Dee_2003,_p.228-12" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[12]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_13-0"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-13" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[13]</span></a></span> and <a href="/en/Multisyllabic_rhymes" title="Multisyllabic rhymes" class="wl">multisyllabic rhyming</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Shapiro,_Peter_2005,_p._213_14-0"><a href="#cite_note-Shapiro,_Peter_2005,_p._213-14" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[14]</span></a></span> On his album <i>The Giancana Story</i>, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster <a href="/en/Sam_Giancana" title="Sam Giancana" class="wl">Sam Giancana</a>), but on other occasions he has stated that it stands for "Genius".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_1-2"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="#cite_note-15" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[15]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">American rapper from New York</div>
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Kool G Rap, Background information, Birth nam...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard plainlist mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Kool G Rap</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Kool_G_Rap_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Kool G Rap performing in 2004" data-hash="File:Kool_G_Rap_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Kool G Rap performing in 2004" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="794" data-file-type="bitmap" height="298" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Kool_G_Rap_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kool G Rap performing in 2004</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Nathaniel Thomas Wilson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li>G Rap</li>
<li>Kool Genius of Rap</li>
<li>Giancana</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-07-20</span>) </span>July 20, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>54)</span><br>New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music" class="wl">Hip hop</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/East_Coast_hip_hop" title="East Coast hip hop" class="wl">East Coast hip hop</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Horrorcore" title="Horrorcore" class="wl">horrorcore</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Hardcore_hip_hop" title="Hardcore hip hop" class="wl">hardcore hip hop</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap" class="wl">gangsta rap</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li>Rapper</li>
<li>songwriter</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1986–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Cold_Chillin'_Records" title="Cold Chillin' Records" class="wl">Cold Chillin'</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Warner_Records" title="Warner Records" class="wl">Warner</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records" class="wl">Epic Street</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sony_Music_Entertainment" title="Sony Music Entertainment" class="mw-redirect wl">Sony</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Entertainment_One_Music" title="Entertainment One Music" class="mw-redirect wl">E1</a></li>
<li>Illstreet Records</li>
<li>Small Change Entertainment Management</li></ul>

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<p>He has also been cited as a major influence to some of hip-hop's most critically acclaimed figures such as <a href="/en/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." class="wl">The Notorious B.I.G.</a>,
<a href="/en/Nas" title="Nas" class="wl">Nas</a>, <a href="/en/Eminem" title="Eminem" class="wl">Eminem</a> and <a href="/en/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z" class="wl">Jay-Z</a>, as well as many <a href="/en/Underground_hip_hop" title="Underground hip hop" class="wl">underground</a> rappers.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_8-1"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-autogeneratedviii_16-0"><a href="#cite_note-autogeneratedviii-16" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[16]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="#cite_note-17" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[17]</span></a></span></p>



Nathaniel Thomas Wilson , He has also been cited as a major influence to some of hip-hop's most critically acclaimed figures such as The Notorious B.I.G.,
Nas, Eminem and Jay-Z, as well as many underground rappers. 