“Eric B. Is President,” the legendary emcee would still go flow to flow with anyone — even at age 53.“I’d battle anybody, man,” said Rakim Allah, who on Saturday will perform at Coney Island Amphitheater in a free SummerStage concert celebrating the birthday of iconic NYC DJ Funkmaster Flex. “Every day I wake up and I still feel that I’m the baddest brother to ever touch a microphone.
No disrespect to nobody. But if I don’t feel like that, then I’m slipping.”For the Long Island native, it’s quite the opposite.
When he rates his 2021 self against that “young cat trying to come up” who made “Eric B. Is President,” the elder is the leader.“If I was a 10 then, I’m a 20 now,” said Rakim. “I’ve grown a lot, I’ve learned a lot, I’ve lived a lot.
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