Performance · Production
Big Daddy Kane
Brooklyn, United States • b. 1968-09-10
Big Daddy Kane is credited on 769 releases across 202 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
769
Pressings credited
202
Albums
5
Decades active
280
In collections
Biography
Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper, producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip-hop. Rolling Stone ranked his song "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" 25th on its list of The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, calling him "a master wordsmith of rap's ... golden age and a huge influence on a generation of MCs."
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Credited work
769 releases · 202 albums · active 1988–2025
- Performance · 928
- Production · 197
- Other credits · 70
- Engineering · 46
Studios: Battery Studios, New York · D&D Studios · Unique Recording · Calliope Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Fear Of A Black Planet
1990
To The 5 Boroughs
2004
Power In Numbers
2002
A Prince Among Thieves
1999
Back On The Block
1989
Dare Iz A Darkside
1994
The Big Picture (1974 - 1999)
2000
Long Live The Kane
1988
The Lost Tapes
2018
MA_DOOM: Son Of Yvonne
2012
Underground Kingz
2007
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
1991
The Chittlin Circuit 1.5
2005
Willennium
1999
Unpredictable
1997
Road To The Riches
1989
Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1991
It's A Big Daddy Thing
1989
The Symphony
1989
Goin' Off
1988
Wonderful
1988
Revolverlution
2002
Platinum Plus
2001
One-Nine-Nine-Nine / Like They Used To Say
1999
Frequent collaborators
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