In 2020, West Coast battle rap event organizer Flossafee chose J2 as one of his 12 picks for The Crucible, URL’s latest talent development program. He first became a name to watch in the battle rap community with his matchup against Lady J on The Trap NY battle league in November 2018.įrom then on, his no-holds-barred approach to battling has given him opportunities to battle on other leagues like iBattleTV, Gates of the Garden, Rare Breed Entertainment, and Prism Battle League, the first-ever battle rap platform for artists in the LGBTQ+ community. Starting his battle career in 2018 on Atlanta Battle Rap, he earned a reputation for his direct, disrespectful bars, aggressive delivery, and back-to-back punchlines. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.Jhanathan “JhanJhan” Maxey, better known as J2, is an American battle rapper and MC from Atlanta, Georgia. “I saw her make a famous radio personality cry in a studio and when I drove Gloria home we argued about why she did that and she kept it real with me she said ‘Domingo that b- don't fool me she is a 2 face.’ Gonna miss speaking to her on the phone and her say "Domingo you got that funky a- fire for me or what motherf-‘ … R.I.P Gloria 'Hurricane G' Rodriguez.” “We recorded that album in my apartment in Ozone Park Queens on a Tascam 388 and I took the whole reel machine to 78/88 studios and dumped the music to 2 inch reels then mixed it with Rahsaan Cus Stephens in Unique and Chung King studios,” Padilla wrote on Facebook. The record featured the tracks “El Barrio” and “Underground Lockdown,” as well as “Mama” and “Boriqua Mami.”Ī promising newcomer on the New York entertainment scene, G became the first female member of the East Coast hip-hop collective called the Def Squad, which also included Sermon of EPMD, Redman and Keith Murray, according to G’s MySpace bio.Īmong those who paid tribute to G on social media was music producer Domingo Padilla, who worked with G on “All Woman” and remembered the emcee as “a really kind hearted funny person,” adding, “but when she was mad stay out her way…LOL.” Through H.O.L.A., G released her debut studio album, “All Woman,” in September 1997. Recordings, a New York-based label whose acronym stands for Home of Latino Artists. The artist’s music career took off when she signed with H.O.L.A. One of the first puertorican female rappers She rapped with me. my oldest daughters mother passed away today #HURRICANEGLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community. "My heart is hardened today," Sermon wrote on Instagram. G, whose real name was Gloria Rodriguez, rose to prominence in the 1990s after collaborating with rapper Redman on tracks such as "Tonight's da Night" and "We Run N.Y.," according to the Daily Beast. New York Rapper Hurricane G, known for songs including "El Barrio" and "Underground Lockdown," has died after a battle with lung cancer.įellow rapper Erick Sermon, who shares a daughter with G, confirmed her death Sunday in a statement posted on Instagram. 7, 2022: An earlier version of this post said Hurricane G was featured on Redman songs including “Dare Iz a Darkside.” She was actually featured on “We Run N.Y.,” which was a track on the album “Dare Iz a Darkside.” Hurricane G attends the 2006 Lifebeat Presents La Nueva Generacion Concert in New York.
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