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 ...

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 ...

On this date in 1993, legendary Corona Queens crime rhyme specialist Kool G Rap and his longtime partner DJ Polo released their third and final collaborative album Live And Let Die on the Juice Crew’s ...

This past weekend, DJ Polo of the Juice Crew was confirmed to have died by his family, who shared the news via his social media accounts. “”It is with a heavy heart we mourn the loss of my father, the ...

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 ...

American rap duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (Nathaniel Wilson, left, and Thomas Pough), circa 1988. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) DJ Polo – best known as one half of the Kool G Rap & DJ Polo ...

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

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 ...

1989: Hip-hop duo and Juice Crew members Kool G Rap & DJ Polo dropped their debut album, Road to the Riches on March 14, 1989. The Cold Chillin' Records release, produced entirely by Marley Marl, ...

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 ...

Tributes for the late artist have been pouring in from the hip hop community such as Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B and more DJ Polo of hip hop collective Juice Crew and one half of the duo Kool G Rap ...