Performance · Production
Big Daddy Kane
real name Antonio Monteiro Hardy
Brooklyn, United States · b. 1968-09-10
Big Daddy Kane is credited on 768 releases across 202 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
768
Credits
202
Albums
5
Decades active
313
In collections
Biography
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Rapper & producer from Brooklyn, New York City. Born September 10, 1968. The name "Kane" was inspired by the character from the TV show Kung Fu, while "Big Daddy" came from Vincent Price’s character in the film Beach Party. Eventually he backronym-ed Kane to mean "King Asiatic Nobody's Equal." Emerged in the late 1980s as a key member of the Juice Crew All Stars.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
768 releases · 202 albums · active 1988–2025
- Performance · 927
- 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
Dare Iz A Darkside
1994
Back On The Block
1989
The Big Picture (1974 - 1999)
2000
MA_DOOM: Son Of Yvonne
2012
Underground Kingz
2007
Long Live The Kane
1988
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
1991
The Lost Tapes
2018
The Chittlin Circuit 1.5
2005
Unpredictable
1997
Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1991
Willennium
1999
It's A Big Daddy Thing
1989
The Symphony
1989
Road To The Riches
1989
Platinum Plus
2001
One-Nine-Nine-Nine / Like They Used To Say
1999
Goin' Off
1988
Wonderful
1988
Revolverlution
2002
Frequent collaborators
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