KRS-One, AKA Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, is a hip-hop forefather crucial to the culture's evolution, not to mention of the greatest emcees to ever do it (hype notwithstanding). Since his beginnings with Boogie Down Productions in the mid-eighties, he's released eleven studio albums, three collaborative albums and five compilations, having collaborated with the likes of Keva, Buckshot, True Master, Marley Marl, Showbiz, Bumpy Knuckles, Peedo, MC Lyte, Ice Cube, Peter Gunz, B-Real, Shaq, Cam'ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Vigilante, Run, Redman, Prodigy and many more. He's currently maintaining The Temple Of Hip-Hop (a society, ministry, archive and school he founded) and continues to tour in promotion of The Gospel Of Hip-Hop: The First Instrument, his 600-page treatise on the religious potential of the culture. He's also working on a new studio album titled Just Like That. Stay tuned.
KRS-One
- Real Name
- Lawrence Parker
- Alias Name
- Kris Parker / The Blastmaster / The Teacha / Krishna
- Date of Birth
- Jan. 1, 1970 - Age 54
- Hometown
- Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
- Label
- major
- Social
