Ras Kass

Lyrical, streetwise, and fearlessly sociopolitcal, MC Ras Kass represents the West Coast with deep collaborative connections far outside his region. He debuted with "Won't Catch Me Runnin'" (1994), a hard-hitting track he co-produced and released on an Atlanta-based independent label. Soul on Ice (1996), his full-length debut for Priority Records, landed amid accolades for his pen game and vocal precision. The follow-up Rasassination (1996) trumped it from a commercial standpoint, landing just outside the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart with help from the charting "Gh...