R.A. the Rugged Man
R.A. The Rugged Man is a Hip Hop artist from Long Island NY. He has worked with Mc’s such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Talib Kweli, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, Killah Priest, and producersTrackmasters, Erick Sermon, DJ Quik, Buckwild, Alchemist, and Ayatollah. He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album, performing the theme song for Chris Jericho. The Notorious B.I.G. was once quoted as saying, “I thought I was the illest,” when referring to R.A.
In 2004 he released the album Die, ”Rugged Man, Die” on Brooklyn based label Nature Sounds. The October 2006 issue of The Source featured R.A.’s verse on “Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story” as its “Hip-Hop Quotable” of the month...
R.A. The Rugged Man is a Hip Hop artist from Long Island NY. He has worked with Mc’s such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Talib Kweli, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, Killah Priest, and producersTrackmasters, Erick Sermon, DJ Quik, Buckwild, Alchemist, and Ayatollah. He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album, performing the theme song for Chris Jericho. The Notorious B.I.G. was once quoted as saying, “I thought I was the illest,” when referring to R.A.
In 2004 he released the album Die, ”Rugged Man, Die” on Brooklyn based label Nature Sounds. The October 2006 issue of The Source featured R.A.’s verse on “Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story” as its “Hip-Hop Quotable” of the month...
- 5/12/2013
- by Scott Ronan
- Obsessed with Film
Pacquiao is a worldwide phenom the U.S. is only now catching up to. On Saturday night he fights in front of 50,000 people at Cowboys Stadium. Allen Barra looks inside his popularity.
The greatest fighter in the world will is packing them into the new Cowboys Stadium Saturday, and I'll bet you don't even know who he is. Better catch up quickly, because in a couple of years he might be the president of a country of 95 million people, and you never know when you might need a friend in Asia.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Revolutionary World Cups
Emmanuel Dapidran "Manny" Pacquiao (pronounced pak' jau) is a phenomenon. Sportswriters have been hitting air trying to find comparisons between him and other great names in boxing history. They've failed because there really aren't any to make. Pacquiao's story is so incredible that, had it been a script, Sylvester Stallone would have rejected it.
The greatest fighter in the world will is packing them into the new Cowboys Stadium Saturday, and I'll bet you don't even know who he is. Better catch up quickly, because in a couple of years he might be the president of a country of 95 million people, and you never know when you might need a friend in Asia.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Revolutionary World Cups
Emmanuel Dapidran "Manny" Pacquiao (pronounced pak' jau) is a phenomenon. Sportswriters have been hitting air trying to find comparisons between him and other great names in boxing history. They've failed because there really aren't any to make. Pacquiao's story is so incredible that, had it been a script, Sylvester Stallone would have rejected it.
- 11/13/2010
- by Allen Barra
- The Daily Beast
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