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He's Got Soul: Big Daddy Kane - He is a Grammy Award-winning rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip hop. (Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

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The Name - Regarding the name Big Daddy Kane, he said: “The Big Daddy part and the Kane part came from two different things. The Kane part came from my fascination with the martial arts flicks when I was young.” The Big Daddy part came from the name of a character Vincent Price played in the film Beach Party. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Cold Chillin' - Big Daddy Kane signed with Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' label in 1987 and debuted the following year with the 12" single "Raw," which became an underground sensation. His first album, Long Live the Kane, followed not long after and was equally well-received, producing another underground classic in "Ain't No Half-Steppin'." (Photo: David Corio/Redferns)

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Smooth Operator - Kane consolidated his success with 1989's It's a Big Daddy Thing, which spawned arguably his most effective love-man song in "Smooth Operator" and also found him working with new jack producer Teddy Riley on "I Get the Job Done". 1990's A Taste of Chocolate was a wide-ranging effort, highlighted by Kane's duets with Barry White and comedian Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite.(Photo: Cold Chillin/Warner Brothers Records)

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Madonna & Playgirl - Big Daddy Kane reached sex symbol status by posing for Madonna's notorious 1992 photo book Sex, as well as Playgirl magazine in 1993. Til this day he is the only rapper to do Playgirl.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Caught on Film - Big Daddy Kane debuted in Mario Van Peebles' 1993 western, Posse, and appeared in Robert Townsend's 1993 film Meteor Man. Since then he has appeared in a few more films.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Hip-Hop Honors - In 2005 Big Daddy Kane was honored by VH1's Hip-Hop Honors Show for his trailblazing contributions to Hip Hop.After a medley of hits performed by T.I., Black Thought, and Common, he came out to perform "Warm It Up, Kane" with his old dancers, Scoob and Scrap.

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The Legacy - Big Daddy Kane is regarded as one of the most influential and skilled golden age rappers. MTV put him at No. 7 in their Greatest MCs Of All Time list, he is placed at No.4 in Kool Moe Dee’s book There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs, About.com ranked him #3 on its list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time. In 2012, The Source ranked him #8 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time and the list goes on. Long Live the Kane indeed. (Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)