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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Antonio Monterio Hardy (born September 10, 1968) better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs in Hip Hop. Regarding the name Big Daddy Kane, he said: "The Big Daddy part and the Kane…
Known for
- Hip Hop Was Born Here — Self2025
- ElemenTory — Chris Cunningham2024
- All Up in the Biz — Self2023
- CHAAW: Chapter 1 — Renaissance Man2023
- The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — Self2023
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self2023
- Stomach People — Zac Hanson2022
- Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James — Self2021
- Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session — Owen2021
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)2021
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1968-09-10
Discography
- One Day
- Get Into It1987
- Raw1987
- Wrath of Kane1988
- Long Live the Kane1988
- It’s a Big Daddy Thing1989
- Raw '911990
- Taste of Chocolate1990
- Prince of Darkness1991
- Looks Like a Job For…1993
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- 392,427
- Total plays
- 3,177,664
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Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), known professionally as Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He began his career in 1986 as part of the Juice Crew. He has been cited as an influential figure in hip-hop for his technical skill, lyricism, and stage presence. His song “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’” was included on Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, where he was described as a prominent artist of hip-hop’s late 1980s era and an influence on l
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- Hardy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Five-Percent Nation
- Genre
- hardcore hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Cold Chillin' Records
- Official website
- www.officialbigdaddykane.com
- Image
- Big Daddy Kane at Hip Hop Kemp 2013 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Brooklyn
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- date of birth
- 1968-09-10
- Commons category
- Big Daddy Kane
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- name in native language
- Big Daddy Kane
- pseudonym
- Big Daddy Kane
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