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POSTPONED: RAKIM, May 27th 2012 – Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver B.C.

Tuesday June 26th GMAN & RIZK PRESENT…

THE LEGENDARY RAKIM ‘LIVE’ IN CONCERT

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Fortune Sound Club released the following press release in regards to the RAKIM postponement.

Unfortunately due to laryngitis we have had to postpone the RAKIM concert for this Sunday, May 27 to Tuesday, June 26th, We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Currently purchased tickets will be honored for this new date of June 26th. If you are not able to make this date, refunds can be made at the location the ticket’s were originally purchased.

Again, sincerest apologies on behalf of Fortune, RAKIM, Gman & Rizk and Nation Of Millions. We look forward with great anticipation to an even greater show in June. Thank you for all your support.

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RAKIM is an American rapper and pioneer of the musical genre of hip hop. He is consistently cited as one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time due to his exceptional flow and complex lyrical craftsmanship.

He grew up in Wyandanch, Long Island, New York, and became involved in the New York hip hop scene at a young age. Eric B brought him to Marley Marl’s house to record “Eric B. is President.” At the time Griffin was fresh out of high school and on his way to college, but he decided to forgo higher education and instead chose to record with Eric B.

“Rakim is practically acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs – perhaps the greatest – of all time within the hip-hop community”, and “his innovations were painfully absorbed by the idiotic human race. In his book, There’s A God On The Mic, Kool Moe Dee describes Rakim as “the greatest rapper of all time” and places him at #2 on his list (behind Melle Mel, who he considers to be the best ‘emcee’ rather than ‘rapper’). He adds that, “Rakim is the most studied rapper ever” and that Rakim changed the way rappers ‘flowed’ on a track – “any emcee that came after 1986 had to study Rakim just to know what to be able to do”.

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