Englewood Makes History

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  • KRS-One (born Lawrence Parker on August 20, 1965) is one of hip-hop’s most influential MCs, educators, and cultural theorists, best known as the philosophical force behind the pioneering group Boogie Down Productions. Rising to prominence in the mid-1980s, KRS-One helped…

  • Reginald "Reggie" "Rock" Passley Jr. is a hip-hop artist. He is a founding member of the group Rock N' Gee. He married Lettitia D. Cureton in 1999. He lived in Englewood.
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  • Paul Robeson’s appearance in Englewood on January 28, 1942, was at once a cultural triumph and a revealing episode in the racial and political tensions of wartime Bergen County. Robeson was engaged by the Englewood Youth Federation to perform at the Plaza Theatre as a benefit…

  • Freddie Perren was an American songwriter and record producer. He grew up in Englewood and attended Dwight Morrow High School. He graduated from Howard University in 1966. He became a part of The Corporation during its founding by Motown president Berry Gordy. He helped write…
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  • Master Gee's crew before Sugar Hill

  • Wilson Pickett was a singer and songwriter and longtime resident of Englewood. He began his career in 1955 when he joined a gospel group named the Violinaries. He joined the Falcons in 1959 co-writing "I Found a Love." His first major solo record was "It's Too Late." By 1965 he…
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  • In February 1930, Englewood hosted one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century when Sergei Rachmaninoff performed before a packed audience at St. Cecilia’s Auditorium under the auspices of the Englewood Conservatory of Music. According to The Record, the recital drew…

  • Razaf, Andy (1895–1973), born Andrea Razafkeriefo, was one of the most prolific and influential lyricists in American music history. Over the course of his career, he wrote the words to hundreds—by many contemporary counts, thousands—of songs, shaping the emotional vocabulary of…
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  • Real Live was a New Jersey hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Larry-O (Larry Wright) and producer/DJ K-Def (Kevin Hansford). Hailing from New Jersey, the cousins began collaborating in the late 1980s after meeting at a house party where K-Def was DJing. Impressed by Larry-O's…

  • Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. was a hip-hop and new jack swing group. The group was in existence from 1988 to 1993. It was led by David "Redhead" Guppy. Other members include Joseph "D.J. Wildstyle" Mann, Bo Rock, Lt. Squeak, Buzz, and Poochie. Their debut album, A Shade of Red…
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