Hurricane G
Gloria Rodríguez, better known by her stage name Hurricane G, is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent. Her 1997 single release Somebody Else charted at #10 by Billborad Magazine on Hot Rap Singles,[1] and at #54 on their Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.[2]
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[edit] Background
She was born in Brooklyn, New York.[3] She was the Hit Squad's first female member, and made guest appearances on albums by Keith Murray, Redman, Xzibit, Delinquent Habits, Funkdoobiest, the Cocoa Brovaz, and others. She also appeared on Puff Daddy's track "P.E. 2000". Her much-delayed debut album, All Woman, appeared in 1997.
Hurricane G has a daughter by Erick Sermon (of EPMD fame) named Lexus Sermon.
[edit] Discography
- All Woman (1997)
- Singles
- "Padre Nuestro (Our Father)" on Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte
- Somebody Else
- 2004 feature on Tony Touch The Reggaetony album along with SONI Soni
[edit] Note
In her book New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (Palgrave Macmillan 2003), Raquel Z. Rivera uses the Spanish spelling Rodríguez.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p224773
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/hurricane-g/chart-history/195882
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Hurricane G > Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p224773. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
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