Person
ISNI: 
0000 0001 1850 5494
https://isni.org/isni/0000000118505494
Name: 
Griffin, William
Griffin, William Michael Jr
Rakim
Rakim Allah ((Musician))
Rakim ((Musician))
Dates: 
1968-
Creation class: 
Language material
Musical sound recording
Creation role: 
author
composer
lyricist
performer
Related identities: 
Griffin, William (real name)
Griffin, William (Wirklicher Name; other identity, same person)
Related names: 
Aftermath entertainment
Bambaataa, Afrika (co-performer)
Bee, Busy (co-performer)
Blow, Kurtis (co-performer)
Caz, Grandmaster (co-performer)
Cheba, Eddie (co-performer)
Creole, Kid (co-performer)
D, Grandmaster (co-performer)
DLB (co-performer)
Ecstacy (co-performer)
Eric B & Rakim (Grupo musical)
Eric B. & Rakim (isMemberOf)
Eric B. & Rakim (isRelatedTo)
Eric B. and Rakim (see also from)
Eric, B. (co-performer)
Flav, Flavor (co-performer)
Green, CeeLo (co-performer)
Hollywood, DJ (co-performer)
Hutchins, Jalil (co-performer)
Ice‐T (co-performer)
Ice, Doctor (co-performer)
Ice, Mix Master (co-performer)
Kane, Big Daddy (co-performer)
Legends of Hip Hop (isMemberOf)
McLaren, Malcolm (1946-2010)
Mel, Grandmaster Melle (co-performer)
Puba, Grand (co-performer)
Raheem (co-performer)
Run (co-performer)
Speech (co-performer)
Sunshine, LA (co-performer)
Truth Hurts
Universal records Inc
Universal-Polydor
Virgin France
Virgin records international
Virgin Records Ltd
Xzibit
Titles: 
14 s
18th Letter (Always and Forever), The
18th letter the book of life, The
18th letter, The : the book of life
4, 5, 6
8 mile music from and inspired by the motion picture
Addictivealbum version
Addictiveradio edit
Addictiveremix radio edit
ain't no joke, I
All Night Long
American Psycho
Archive: Live, Lost & Found, The
As the Rhyme Goes On
Blinded by the Sun
Book of Life: Eric B. & Rakim’s Greatest Hits, The
Born in Colour
Brooklyn Pride
Buffalo galls back to skool
Buffalo galsoriginal & remixed versions
Can’t Take It (No More remix), I
Casualities of war
Cellar EP, The
Chinese Arithmetic
Concrete Jungle
Cuffalo gals back to skool
Declaration
Eight mile
eighteenth letter, The
Eric B. Is on the Cut
Eric B is president
Extended Beat
Follow the leader
Friends
Funk 2 groove
Funk to groove
Get Visual, I
Guess who's back (4 min 10 s)
Guess Who’s Back (Alternative mix)
Guess Who’s Back (remixes)
Guilty All the Same
In the ghetto
Intro
It's been a long time (3 min 56 s)
It’s Been a Long Time (Suave House mix)
Juice (Know the Ledge)
Know the ledge
know you got soul, I
Let the rhythm hit'em
Lyrical Legend
Lyrics of fury
Mahogany
Makes Me Wanna Die
master, The
Metaforce
Metaphor on the Floor
Microphone fiend
Militia II, The
Monster
Move the crowd
My melody
My Way
Mystery (Who Is God?), The
New York (Ya Out There)
No Matter What They Say (radio edit)
Numb
NY State of Mind, Part 3
Outro (1 min 19 s)
Paid in Full (Coldcut remix)
punisher, The
R.A.K.I.M.
Rakim - The Seventh Seal (Remixed by A-F-R-O)
Rapper's paradise
Rapt: In the Evening Air
Remember that (4 min 41 s)
saga begins (4 min 22 s), The
seventh seal, The
Show me love (4 min 18 s)
Skit (19 s)
Skit (23 s)
Stay a while (4 min 25 s)
Storm
Streets of New York
Take the train
thruthvidéo, The
Til the End of Time
Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)
truth, The
trutha capella, The
Unreleased Jewels
Vision Incision
Watcher 2, The
Waterworld
When I'm flowin' (5 min 04 s)
Notes: 
AMG Web site, May 24, 2000 (Rakim; b. Jan. 27, 196?)
Eric B. & Rakim. Let the rhythm hit 'em [SR] p1990 container insert (Rakim)
U.S. copyright file, May 24, 2000 (Rakim; pseud. of William Griffin)
Wikipedia, Aug. 31, 2010 (Rakim; William Michael Griffin, Jr. (later changed his name to Rakim Allah); b. Jan. 29, 1968, Wyandanch, N.Y.; American rapper and one of the pioneers of the musical genre of hip hop)
iMusic Web site, May 24, 2000 (Rakim (nee William Griffin, Jr.))
Sources: 
CDR
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