5 Boroughs

“5 Boroughs” is a single released in 1998 by KRS-One. Signed under Jive Records this single was produced by Wiliam Broady and Yogi and featured artists such as Buckshot, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Redman, Cam'ron, Joseph Simmons, Prodigy and Vigilante.

KRS-One/Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone (Lawrence "Kris" Parker, b. 1965), is a rapper, lyricist, and producer from The Bronx, New York. He is famously known as a member of the Hip-Hop group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s. He is politically active, starting the Stop the Violence Movement after DJ Scott La Rock’s death. This led to the creation of the popular song "Self-Destruction", which was produced by KRS-One and D-Nice of Boogie Down Productions. On his first solo album, 1993's Return of the Boom Bap, he worked with producers DJ Premier, Kid Capri, and Showbiz, providing the track "Sound of da Police". Known for his political responses and socially conscious rhymes KRS-One is known in Hip-Hop as one of the most influential hardcore Hip-Hop artists of the 1980s.