Here's one for the ages: Daniel Quintana, who attended Wyandanch High School with Rakim in the early 1980s, posted a photo to Facebook yesterday evening of the young saxophone fiend Rakim playing baritone sax back when he was in high school. The caption read:
In an interview published by Halftimeonline.net back in 2006, Rakim spoke directly about his experience playing saxophone, and how it had a major influence on his style as a rapper:
[Via Facebook]
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