1989: Kool Moe Dee dropped off his third studio album, Knowledge Is King, which was an instant classic. Kool Moe Dee, born Mohandas Dewese, was present from the start of hip-hop's emergence as a ...

XXL: Initially, how did you get involved with Macklemore for “Downtown”? Melle Mel: Well, initially the call came from Big Daddy Kane. Kane is good friends with Macklemore's manager [Josh Dick] and ...

After a long break from recording, rap pioneer Kool Moe Dee has announced that he is working on a new album. "The old school tours are fine," Kool Moe Dee explained. "They get my feet wet. But from ...

Next week is about to be crazy. The Hip-Hop Pop-Up museum experience in DC is putting on an honorary event that is going to shake up the world. On October 8, they are going to be honoring Pete Rock, ...

Let’s take a break from all the doom and gloom in Hip Hop as of late and take moment to give out the flowers where their due … Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante, and Kool Moe Dee are set to be honored ...

Rapper Kool Moe Dee, whose famous 1981 battle with Busy Bee may be the most influential moment in rap history, is auctioning off some of his royalties. Famous for legendary early '80s singles with his ...

Kool Moe Dee's "rap report card" resurfaced, sparking some controversy amongst Twitter users. A “rap report card” written by rapper Kool Moe Dee back in the 90s is being recirculated on Twitter and it ...

“I joke with my friends a lot and say I’m responsible for 50 per cent of the rap style that goes on now,” says Harlem-­native Mohandas Dewese. Idle boast? Mohandas, a/k/a Kool Moe Dee, has the longest ...

Grammy winner Kool Moe Dee is set to bring a cool factor to NYC Homecoming Week. The pioneering rapper from Harlem will help lead Monday’s concert at the Bronx’s Orchard Beach as one of the performers ...

Harlem native Mohandas “Kool Moe Dee” DeWese is best remembered for his ever-present hats and shades, but it’s his resistance to hip-hop clichés which fortifies his legacy. Anti-drugs and alcohol and ...

I don’t mean to alarm anybody, but rap legend and fashion icon Kool Moe Dee turns 50 years old today, which seems completely insane. Is it possible that I feel this way because he was one of the first ...

Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and college graduate from SUNY Old Westbury with a BA in Communications. He ...