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RAKIM ONLINE STORE IS LAUNCHED!!! 2010-01-04 12:42:05 The new on-line store is launched, featuring cd's, vinyl, shirts, ipod skins, a new Zoo York Skateboard collaboration and more!!! Simply click on "Store" and check it out! Continue Reading

EXCLUSIVE FREE RAKIM DOWNLOAD!!! 2009-11-18 10:55:52 As Promised, for those of you who register at the new Rakim.com, we will send you an exclusive track for your listening pleasure. This will be the first of many goodies you will receive as a member. So sign up and we will email you the track in 3 days - This is only because the track is so exclusive its still being mastered!!! Continue Reading

Rakim\'s interview with RealTalkNY: Rakim Speaks On Hip Hop Respect & Maturity 2009-11-10 17:13:22 Continue Reading

Rakim\'s interview with GIANT 2009-11-10 16:50:15 Platinum plaques cover every inch of the walls welcoming visitors to Downtown Music Services. The names under the shiny vinyl read Michael, Madonna, and Barbara, to name a few. That we find William Griffin, now-and better-known as Rakim Allah, here at his manager's office in downtown Manhattan serves as a reminder of his standing. Never one to have owned the Billboard charts and a decade removed from his last full-length offering, Rakim could’ve been written off as a titan of times past. However, like the other aforementioned single-named talents, his place in music as a whole-cemented by his genre-defining debut Paid In Full at just 19 years young-is assured and everlasting. Continue Reading