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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...