Rakim: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

June 25, 2018, Abby O Neill It had been nearly a decade since Rakim released new music, but that drought ended Friday when the godfather of rap lyricism and one half of the revered duo Eric B Rakim released a new song, King s The track was written for Season 2 of Marvel s Luke Cage, which premiered on Netflix the same day, but it wasn t entirely new to select NPR staff; they heard it days earlier when the God MC performed at the Tiny Desk. The New York rap icon wasn t the only legend in t