Karen Gravano hates to shop. That was the big lesson I learned when I sat down with the Mob Wives star and author ... more MTV Hive Hosts Four-Band CMJ Saturday Live-Stream
MTV Hive’s Live in NYC series, which has hosted You Oughta Know alums Two Door Cinema Club and others over the ... more A New Layer Of Intrigue Surrounds Jani Lane’s Death After Revelation Of Mysterious Handwritten Note On His Person
Jani Lane was found dead at a Los Angeles area motel earlier this month at the age of 47, and most chalked up the death ... more You’re Cut Off! 2 - Where Are They Now?
With the season of You’re Cut Off! drawing to a close, we thought it’d be a good opportunity to catch up ... more Summary Box: Live Nation posts large 4Q loss (AP)
AP - BIG LOSS: Concert promoter Live Nation, which merged with Ticketmaster last year, posted a loss of $124 million, or ... more more news
Big L
Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), better known by his stage name Big L, was an American rapper. Coleman was born and raised in Harlem, New York, where he started his rap career with Three the Hard Way. He founded the group Children of the Corn and was a member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew before pursuing a solo career. His first professional appearance came on Lord Finesse's "Yes You May (Remix)". He released his debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous in 1995, and significantly contributed to the underground hip hop scene. He created his own independent label, Flamboyant Entertainment, in 1998 where he released one of his best known singles "Ebonics" (1998).. Born Lamont Coleman in Harlem, New York on May 30, 1974, he was the third and youngest child of Gilda Terry (d. 2008) and Charles Davis. His father left the family while Coleman was a child. He has two siblings, Donald and Leroy Phinazee (d.), who were the children of Gilda Terry and Mr. Phinazee. Coleman received the nicknames "Little L" and "'mont 'mont" as a child. At the age of 12, Coleman became a big hip hop fan and started freestyling against his own neighborhood. He founded a group called Three the Hard Way in 1990, but was quickly broken up due to a lack of enthusiasm. It consisted of Coleman, a "Doc Reem", and a "Rodney". No studio albums were released, and after Rodney left, the group was called Two Hard Motherfuckers. Around this time, people started to call him "Big L". In the summer of 1990, Coleman met Lord Finesse at an autograph session in a record shop on 125th Street. After he did a freestyle, Finesse and Coleman exchanged numbers.. Coleman attended Julia Richman High School. While in high school, Coleman freestyle battled in his hometown; in his last interview, he stated, "in the beginning, all I ever saw me doing was battling everybody on the street corners, rhyming in the hallways, beating on the wall, rhyming to my friends. Every now and then, a house party, grab the mic, a block party, grab the mic." He graduated in 1992....
read more (wikipedia)
