CULTURETECHLENSRakim
PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record
Lyricist, one half of Eric B. & Rakim; Marley Marl produced 'Eric B. Is President' and worked with Rakim again in the 1990s.
The record
- Also known as: William Michael Griffin Jr.
Notes
RELP99 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1076 collaborated_with.
Referenced by
- Marley Marl — collaborated with → this record
Sources
- liquisearch - Marley Marl biography. https://www.liquisearch.com/marley_marl/biography
Record CTL-E-4318 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: RELP-001.
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