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Hip Hop Dudes w/ parents etc who are MUSICIANS

Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
edited January 2009 in Strut Central
i know there are a few... name them all for me plaese ALSO name any that have parents or aunts or uncles who may be well-known for NON music-related endeavors EDIT: and plaese name who the parents etc are. thank you
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  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Nas - Olu Dara
    Prodigy - One of the Vandellas (I read it in a interview waaaay back when but now can't find anything on it. Then again, dude has a tendency to talk crazy)
    Madlib - Otis Jackson (sr.)
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    madlib
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Jazze Pha
    Sleepy Brown
    Keri Chandler (he was ONCE a hip-hop dude, DJ for Chino XL.)
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    excuse me, i added to the original post... can you name who their parents or uncles or whoever are? thanks
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Jazze Pha
    Sleepy Brown
    Keri Chandler (he was ONCE a hip-hop dude, DJ for Chino XL.)

    Kerri Chandler = KCYC?
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    I read somewhere that Rakim is Ruth(R&B Legend)Brown's nephew

    and weren't Questlove's parents in Congress Alley together? Or something like that name, can't recall exactly.

    Jean Grae - her dad is Dollar Brand, South African jazz pianist/legend
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts

    Flying Lotus - Alice Coltrane (Auntie or something?)
  • ballinnnballinnn 25 Posts
    pretty sure i heard thes1 and double k rap about how their parents were musicians
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    ?uestlove's dad is Lee Andrews as in Lee Andrews & The Hearts
    Sleepy Brown's dad was the vocalist in Brick
    Jazze Pha's dad played bass in The Bar-Kays.
    Kerri Chandler's (he's considered like the DJ Premier of house music) dad played drums in Cameo.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts

    Kerri Chandler's (he's considered like the DJ Premier of house music) dad played drums in Cameo.

    Ok, that's who I thought you were talking about. I think you spelled it Keri in the og post.

  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    nene cherry (is she hip hop?) is don cherry's daughter
  • BrianFromWheatonBrianFromWheaton 52 Posts
    gee field of mass hysteria is the son of garland green
  • FamousMortimerFamousMortimer 202 Posts
    Rammellzee's aunts were in the flirtations
    Scarface's cousin(?) is Johnny Nash
    Hi-Tek's uncle was in 24 Carat Black
  • FamousMortimerFamousMortimer 202 Posts
    Ike Dirty (producer of Scrappy "Money In The Bank") is Issac Hayes' son
    QD3/Quincy
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    nene cherry (is she hip hop?) is don cherry's daughter

    Step-Daughter I think actually, along with her brother Eagle-Eye.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    QDIII is Quincy Jones's son.
  • empanadamnempanadamn 1,462 Posts
    master p is lil' romeo's daddy
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Ike Dirty (producer of Scrappy "Money In The Bank") is Issac Hayes' son

    !!!


    We did a record with him a while back, certainly didn't carry his dad's talent or demeanor
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    master p is lil' romeo's daddy

    Corey Gunz and that dude from Money Boss Players.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Cold 187um (Above The Law) is Willie Hutch's nephew
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Esham is the son of Satan, who played fiddle on The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    Isn't Salaam Remi's dad Van Gibbs? or maybe his uncle?
  • maocontentmaocontent 559 Posts
    Isn't Salaam Remi's dad Van Gibbs? or maybe his uncle?

    His dad.

    Also Proof of D12 (RIP)'s dad is McKinley Jackson of the Politicians.
  • empanadamnempanadamn 1,462 Posts
    Esham is the son of Satan, who played fiddle on The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

    hahaha
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    Susan Ferrari
  • funkfromthesunfunkfromthesun 212 Posts
    Dilla's father was a session bass player IIRC
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Isn't Salaam Remi's dad Van Gibbs? or maybe his uncle?

    His dad.

    Also Proof of D12 (RIP)'s dad is McKinley Jackson of the Politicians.

    Those are both awesome.
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    Grandmaster Flash's uncle was legendary boxer Sandy Saddler (3 time world champion and Ring magazine's #5 ranked greatest puncher of all time- real fight heads know the deal)
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    Madlib's uncle is trumpet player Jon Faddis
  • Ayrotollah77Ayrotollah77 415 Posts
    Sen Dog from Cypress Hill,the son of Willie Bobo
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