On June 27, the legendary DJ Polo died at 63. The Queens DJ is remembered for the seminal work he did with the revered MC Kool G Rap starting in the mid-1980s. As Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, they released ...

DJ Polo, born Thomas E. Pough, of Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo fame has passed away. Word of DJ Polo’s untimely passing began circulating online on July 27. Fellow rap pioneer Eric B took to social media to ...

Over the weekend, Thomas Pough, who is better known in the Hip Hop community as DJ Polo, the long time partner of NYC crime rhyme king Kool G Rap, passed away after a long battle with an acute illness ...

Born Thomas E. Pough, he’s best known as the legendary DJ of the iconic duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. Their collaboration resulted in some of the most groundbreaking tracks of the late ’80s and early ’90s ...

Kool G Rap’s 4, 5, 6 is an essential document of 1990s East Coast hip-hop, classic in the canon of mafioso rap, and a standout in a legendary catalog with no shortage of high water marks. After a ...

Classic hip-hop fans are mourning the death of Queens legend DJ Polo, who died this weekend aged 63. Born Thomas Pough, DJ Polo would become half of one of rap’s preeminent DJ/MC duos alongside ...

On this date in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their very first album on the quintessential, yet now defunct Hip-Hop label Cold Chillin’ Records. As ...

Ask the older generations about the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop” and you’ll see the eyes of many start to glaze over. Soon, they’ll start reciting the names of the era’s great rappers, DJs, and producers: ...

DJ Polo, best known for his work with Kool G Rap, has reportedly passed away. News of Polo's death began circulating on July 27 when tributes began flooding in. Eric B was one of the first people to ...

How does Kool G. Rap-- one of the most celebrated MCs in hip-hop history -- stay hungry? The rhyme giant never stops evolving and continues to do what he loves with the reckless abandon of an ...

I grew up in Corona, Queens, from five years old. This is the early days of hip-hop, so [around] 10 years old I’m starting to hear the talk on the streets. Polo was a name that I heard. As time went ...