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{{Short description|American rapper (born 1968)}}
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| name              = Big Daddy Kane
| image             = Big Daddy Kane The 85 South Show Podcast 1.png
| caption           = Big Daddy Kane in 2023
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| birth_name        = Antonio Hardy
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|09|10}}
| birth_place       = New York City, U.S.
| alias             = {{hlist|Black Thunder}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* songwriter
* record producer
* actor
}}
| years_active      = 1987–present<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ursula|first1=Melissa|last2=Goldsmith|first2=Dawn|last3=J. Fonseca|first3=Anthony|year=2018|title=Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0313357596|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mR2DwAAQBAJ&q=big+daddy+kane+records+second+album+in+1989&pg=PA51|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>
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| genre             = [[Hip-hop]]
| discography       = [[Big Daddy Kane discography]]
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| past_member_of    = [[Juice Crew]]
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'''Antonio Hardy''' (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name '''Big Daddy Kane''', is an American [[Rapping|rapper]], producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the [[Juice Crew]]. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled [[Master of ceremonies|MCs]] in [[hip-hop]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked his song "[[Ain't No Half-Steppin'|Ain't No Half-Steppin{{'-}}]]" number 25 on its list of ''The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time'', calling him "a master wordsmith of rap's ... [[Golden age hip-hop|golden age]] and a huge influence on a generation of MCs."

==Early life==
Antonio Hardy was born on September 10, 1968, in [[Brooklyn]], New York City.<ref name="allmusic1"/>{{where|talk|Exact place of birth|date=October 2025}}

==Biography==

===1980s===
In high school, Kane met [[Mister Cee]], who would later play an integral role in Kane's career when he served as his DJ.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/mister-cee-dead-the-notorious-big-big-daddy-kane-1235966818/|title=Mister Cee, Big Daddy Kane's DJ and Notorious B.I.G.'s Producer, Dies at 57|first=Steven|last=Horowitz|publisher=Variety|date=April 10, 2024|accessdate=April 10, 2024}}</ref> In 1984, Kane became friends with [[Biz Markie]], and he would co-write some of Biz's best-known lyrics.<ref name="BDK interview"/><ref>Coleman, Brian, 2007, ''[[Check the Technique]]: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies''. New York:Villard/Random House, p. 47.</ref> Both eventually became important members of the [[Queens]]-based Juice Crew, a collective headed by renowned producer [[Marley Marl]]. Kane signed with Tyrone Williams's (Marl's manager) and Len Fichtelberg's [[Cold Chillin' Records]] label in 1987 and debuted the same year with the 12" single "Raw". The name Big Daddy Kane came from a variation on [[Kwai Chang Caine|Caine]], [[David Carradine]]'s character from the TV show ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' (1972–1975), and a character called "Big Daddy" whom [[Vincent Price]] played in the film ''[[Beach Party]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://halftimeonline.net/portfolio/big-daddy-kane/ |title=Halftimeonline.net &#124; Big Daddy Kane &#124; Hip Hop Icon Series interview  |publisher=Halftimeonline.net |access-date=September 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304230433/http://halftimeonline.net/portfolio/big-daddy-kane/ |archive-date=March 4, 2014 }}</ref>

Kane is known for his ability to syncopate over faster hip hop beats, and despite his asthmatic condition,<ref name="BDK interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1597/title.big-daddy-kane-rap-like-no-equal |title=Big Daddy Kane: Rap Like No Equal &#124; Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop |publisher=HipHop DX |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121053653/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1597/title.big-daddy-kane-rap-like-no-equal |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}</ref> he is acknowledged as one of the pioneering masters of fast rhyming. His sense of style is renowned and set a number of late-1980s and early-1990s hip hop trends ([[Hi-top fade|high-top fades]] hairstyles, velour suits, and four-finger rings). The [[backronym]] "King Asiatic Nobody's Equal" is often applied to his moniker.

He released his debut album on Cold Chillin' Records in the early summer of 1988 called ''[[Long Live the Kane]]'', which featured the hit "[[Ain't No Half Steppin'|Ain't No Half Steppin{{'-}}]]". The following year, Kane released his second album and biggest hit to date, ''[[It's a Big Daddy Thing]]'', which included 1970s sample throwbacks like "[[Smooth Operator (Big Daddy Kane song)|Smooth Operator]]" and the [[Teddy Riley (producer)|Teddy Riley]]-produced track "I Get the Job Done", which hit the R&B top 40 during the closing of the 1980s. He also had a memorable verse on the [[Marley Marl]]-produced track "[[The Symphony (song)|The Symphony]]" released in late 1988, which included Juice Crew members Craig G, [[Masta Ace]], and [[Kool G Rap]].

===1990s===
[[File:Big Daddy Kane-03.jpg|thumb|upright|Big Daddy Kane in 1998]]
In 1990, Big Daddy Kane was featured as a guest rapper on Public Enemy's ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' album, on the song "Burn Hollywood Burn", in which he discussed the depiction of African-American characters particularly in the Jim Crow Era. Big Daddy Kane also referenced Aunt Jemima as an example of the way Black women where characterised and given low status roles, with the lyrics "And Black women in this profession / As for playing a lawyer, out of the question / For what they play Aunt Jemima is the perfect term".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Public-enemy-burn-hollywood-burn-lyrics|title=Public Enemy (Ft. Big Daddy Kane & Ice Cube) – Burn Hollywood Burn|website=Genius.com}}</ref> Big Daddy Kane's lyrics can be seen to still having contemporary meaning after the company which produced the character removed Aunt Jemima from packaging 30 years after Burn Hollywood Burn was released.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valinsky |first1=Jordan |title=The Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past, will be retired |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/17/business/aunt-jemima-logo-change/index.html |website=CCN Business |date=June 17, 2020 |publisher=CNN |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>

Big Daddy Kane appeared on [[Patti LaBelle]]'s 1991 effort, "Burnin{{'"}}. He provided the rap chorus to the single "Feels Like Another One". He also appeared on the video release "Live in New York".

He contributed the song "'Nuff Respect" to [[Juice (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of [[Ernest Dickerson]]'s feature film debut ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]'', which starred [[Omar Epps]] and [[Tupac Shakur]], further demonstrating his fast lyrical delivery.

In 1991, Kane won the [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]] for his performance on the [[Quincy Jones]] collaborative track "Back on the Block" from the [[Back on the Block|album of the same name]].

As an actor, he debuted in [[Mario Van Peebles]]' 1993 western ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'', and appeared in [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]]'s 1993 film ''[[The Meteor Man (film)|The Meteor Man]]''. He also posed for ''[[Playgirl]]'' and [[Madonna]]'s book ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'' during the 1990s.

During the early 1990s, a then-unknown [[Jay-Z]] toured with Kane, and Kane helped him early on in his career. Ice-T said: "I actually met Jay-Z with Kane. Kane brought Jay-Z over to my house."<ref name="mtv.com">{{cite web|date=March 9, 2006|title=The Greatest MCs Of All Time|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2006/emcees/index5.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012123716/http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2006/emcees/index5.jhtml|archive-date=October 12, 2013|access-date=September 5, 2009|publisher=MTV.com}}</ref>
Kane himself says that Jay-Z was not technically his hypeman in the true sense of the term: "he wasn't a hypeman, he basically made cameo appearances on stage. When I would leave the stage to go change outfits, I would bring out Jay-Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I came back to the stage."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unkut.com/2007/09/big-daddy-kane-the-unkut-interview/ |title=Big Daddy Kane – The Unkut Interview &#124; unkut.com – A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix) |date=September 7, 2007 |publisher=unkut.com |access-date=September 5, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018081340/http://www.unkut.com/2007/09/big-daddy-kane-the-unkut-interview/ |archive-date=October 18, 2009 }}</ref>
Jay-Z was also featured on Big Daddy Kane's track "Show & Prove" from ''Daddy's Home'' (1994), as well as in the video.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207200|pure_url=yes}} |title=((( Daddy's Home > Overview ))) |publisher=allmusic |date=September 13, 1994 |access-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref>

In 1996, Kane recorded with [[MC Hammer]] and Tupac Shakur on the song "Too Late Playa" (along with [[Danny Boy (singer)|Danny Boy]]) originally meant for Hammer's unreleased album ''Too Tight'', as well as recording with Shakur on a currently unreleased song titled "Wherever U R (Sho' Shot)".<ref>{{cite web |title=Where U R |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6K9oUFdasXC932YgRFFDxT |website=Spotify |access-date=21 August 2025 |language=en |date=6 October 2016}}</ref> He was also mentioned to be close to signing with [[Death Row East]] that same year, but decided not to after Shakur's death not long after in November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/scarface-warren-g-big-daddy-kane-more-spill-some-of-their-favorite-tupac-stories/|title=Scarface, Warren G, Big Daddy Kane, More Spill Some Of Their Favorite Tupac Stories|publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date=September 13, 2013|accessdate=May 30, 2024}}</ref> In 1997, Kane teamed up with [[Frankie Cutlass]] on his third single title "The Cypher Part 3" and some of [[Marley Marl]] [[Juice Crew]] veterans. In 1998, he released his final solo album to date, ''[[Veteranz' Day]]''. It received mixed reviews and did not sell well. However, Kane did not give up rapping and made many appearances in the 2000s.

===2000s===
In 2000, Big Daddy Kane appeared on Tony Touch's "[[The Piece Maker]]" mixtape alongside [[Kool G Rap]] and [[KRS-One]]. A rejuvenated Kane occasionally collaborated with a variety of hip-hop artists, including [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[Jurassic 5]], [[Little Brother (band)|Little Brother]], and [[DJ Babu]] of the [[Beat Junkies]]. He released two singles, the [[The Alchemist (musician)|Alchemist]]-produced "The Man, The Icon", and the [[DJ Premier]]-produced "Any Type of Way" (on which he discusses urban collapse in post-[[September 11 attacks|9/11]] New York City ("[[Rudy Giuliani|Giuliani]] got New York lookin' like it's [[La Amistad|Amistad]]") and the erosion of the [[middle class]].

Big Daddy Kane appeared on the [[trip hop]] group [[Morcheeba]]'s 2003 single "What's Your Name".

In 2005, Big Daddy Kane was honored during the [[VH1]] Hip-Hop Honors. After a [[Medley (music)|medley]] of hits performed by [[T.I.]], [[Black Thought]], and [[Common (rapper)|Common]], he came out to perform "Warm It Up, Kane" with his old dancers, Scoob and Scrap. Kane and Kool G Rap can both be seen briefly in ''[[Dave Chappelle's Block Party]]''.

In 2006, he appeared as a guest MC on the track "Get Wild Off This", produced by the [[Stanton Warriors]] for their ''Stanton Sessions Vol. 2'' breaks mix. He also appeared alongside the [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[Rakim]], and his longtime friends [[Busta Rhymes]] and [[Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip]] in a segment of the 2006 [[Summer Jam (festival)|Summer Jam]] concert (June 7, 2006), as part of an initiative by Busta Rhymes to honor the legacy of New York City hip-hop.

In 2007, a new track, "BK Mentality", was released on the mixtape compilation ''Official Joints''. Kane also appeared on [[Joell Ortiz]]'s ''[[The Brick: Bodega Chronicles]]'' mixtape.

Big Daddy Kane made a cameo in the 2008 video for "[[Game's Pain]]", a track by rapper [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]. The video also featured appearances by [[Raekwon]], [[Three 6 Mafia]] and [[Ice Cube]]. Kane also appeared on the remix of "[[Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'Em)|Don't Touch Me]]" by Busta Rhymes.
Also in 2009, Kane played the role of Clay in the film ''Just Another Day''. The film is the tale of two rappers, one poor and young, one older and successful. The movie follows them through a day of their lives.

===2010s===
[[File:Big Daddy Kane at Hip Hop Kemp 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Big Daddy Kane performing at Hip Hop Kemp in 2013]]

Big Daddy Kane appears on one track on ''[[MA Doom: Son of Yvonne]]''—the collaboration between [[MF Doom]] and former Juice Crew member [[Masta Ace]].
As of 2013, Kane was recruited by New York City power group Lifted Crew and R&B singer Showtyme to form a band called "Las Supper". The album, ''Back to the Future'', was released on March 26, 2013.

On November 24, 2014, Big Daddy Kane discussed his upbringing, childhood influences, relationships, sexual experiences and [[Madonna]]'s 1992 book ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'' in an interview on the ''Dr. Zoe Today'' show.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Brandon|last=Robinson|date=November 24, 2014|title = He Said What? Hip Hop Legend Big Daddy Kane Discusses Sex With Madonna, Legacy & More On Dr. Zoe Today Show|url = http://thesource.com/2014/11/24/he-said-what-hip-hop-legend-big-daddy-kane-discusses-sex-with-madonna-legacy-more-on-dr-zoe-today-show/|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|access-date = April 27, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141227071756/http://thesource.com/2014/11/24/he-said-what-hip-hop-legend-big-daddy-kane-discusses-sex-with-madonna-legacy-more-on-dr-zoe-today-show/|archive-date = December 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, he was featured on [[Tito Jackson|Tito Jackson's]] single "Get It Baby" in addition to appearing in the documentary ''[[Hip-Hop Evolution]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hip-Hop Evolution (2016) – Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4130418/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|website=imdb.com|access-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213074312/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4130418/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|archive-date=December 13, 2016}}</ref>

===2020s===
In June 2020, Kane released the single "Enough", aimed at addressing issues surrounding police brutality.<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Daddy Kane Releases Anti-Police Brutality Song 'Enough' Featuring Chuck D and Loren Oden |url=https://thesource.com/2020/06/27/big-daddy-kane-releases-anti-police-brutality-song-enough-featuring-chuck-d-and-loren-oden/ |website=The Source |date=June 27, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Big Daddy Kane is regarded as one of the most influential and skilled [[golden age hip hop|golden age]] rappers.<ref name="mtv.com" /><ref name="autogenerated303">Kool Moe Dee, 2003, ''There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs'', Thunder's Mouth Press, p.303.</ref><ref name="allhiphop1">{{cite web|author=Alvin "Aqua" Blanco|title=Reviews / Music : TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: RZA|url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2009/01/22/20803725.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319042057/http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2009/01/22/20803725.aspx|archive-date=March 19, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2009|publisher=Allhiphop.com}}</ref><ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|date=|title=((( Big Daddy Kane > Biography )))|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p11|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=September 5, 2009|publisher=allmusic}}</ref><ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|date=September 15, 1989|title=((( It's a Big Daddy Thing > Overview )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r27641|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=September 5, 2009|publisher=allmusic}}</ref><ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|last=Conaway|first=Matt|date=April 28, 1998|title=((( Veteranz Day > Overview )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r347269|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=September 5, 2009|publisher=allmusic}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone2001">{{cite web|title=- from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigdaddykane/biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516233847/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigdaddykane/biography|archive-date=May 16, 2009|access-date=March 15, 2018|website=rollingstone.com}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated17">Lazerine, Cameron and Devin, 2008, ''Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide To Hip-Hop And R&B'', Grand Central Publishing, p. 17</ref><ref name="autogenerated2004">Eminem, 2004, 'Yellow Brick Road', ''Encore'', Aftermath/Shady, Interscope.</ref><ref name="autogenerated4">Eminem, with Sacha Jenkins, 2008, ''The Way I Am'', Dutton Adult, p. 17.</ref><ref name="autogenerated29">Shapiro, Peter, 2005, ''The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop, 2nd Edition'', Penguin, p. 29.</ref><ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|last=Swihart |first=Stanton |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r27640|pure_url=yes}} |title=((( Long Live the Kane > Overview ))) |publisher=allmusic |date=June 21, 1988 |access-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref>
[[MTV]] put him at No. 7 in their "Greatest MCs of All Time" list.<ref name="mtv.com" /> He is placed at No. 4 in [[Kool Moe Dee]]'s book ''[[There's a God on the Mic]]: The True 50 Greatest MCs''.<ref name="autogenerated303"/> [[About.com]] ranked him No. 3 on its list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_10.htm |title=Top 50 MCs of Our Time: 1987 – 2007 – 50 Greatest Emcees of Our Time |publisher=Rap.about.com |date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117013030/http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_10.htm |archive-date=January 17, 2013 }}</ref> and [[RZA]] listed him as one of his "Top 5 best MCs".<ref name="allhiphop1"/> In 2012, ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' ranked him No. 8 on their list of the "Top 50 Lyricists of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisis50.com/forum/topics/the-source-s-top-50-lyricists-of-all-time-complete-list-inside |title=The Source's Top 50 Lyricists of All Time **Complete List Inside** - ThisIs50.com |access-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000719/http://www.thisis50.com/forum/topics/the-source-s-top-50-lyricists-of-all-time-complete-list-inside/ |archive-date=December 31, 2013 }}</ref>
[[AllMusic]] says "his best material ranks among the finest hip-hop of its era, and his sex-drenched persona was enormously influential on countless future would-be players",<ref name="allmusic1"/> and describes him as "an enormously talented battle MC",<ref name="allmusic.com" /> "one of rap's major talents",<ref name="allmusic.com" /> refers to his "near-peerless technique"<ref name="allmusic.com" /> and "first-rate technique and rhyming skills",<ref>{{cite web|last=Henderson |first=Alex |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r27642|pure_url=yes}} |title=((( Taste of Chocolate > Overview ))) |publisher=allmusic |date=October 30, 1990 |access-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref> and says he "had the sheer verbal facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform".<ref name="allmusic3"/>
[[Kool Moe Dee]] describes him as "one of the most imitated emcees ever in the game"<ref>Kool Moe Dee, 2003, ''There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs'', Thunder's Mouth Press, p.306.</ref> and "one of the true greatest emcees ever".<ref>Kool Moe Dee, 2003, ''There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs'', Thunder's Mouth Press, p.308.</ref> [[Ice-T]] stated:
<blockquote>To me, Big Daddy Kane is still today one of the best rappers. I would put Big Daddy Kane against any rapper in a battle. Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, any of them. I could take his 'Raw' "swagger" from 88 and put it up against any record [from today]. Kane is one of the most incredible lyricists... and he will devour you on the mic. I don't want to try to out-rap Big Daddy Kane. Big Daddy Kane can rap circles around cats.<ref name="mtv.com" /></blockquote>
His first two albums are also considered hip hop classics<ref name="allmusic2"/> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' says, "he has received consistent critical kudos".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigdaddykane/biography|title=- from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001).|website=rollingstone.com|access-date=March 15, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516233847/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigdaddykane/biography|archive-date=May 16, 2009}}</ref>
In the book ''Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide to Hip-Hop and R&B'', Cameron and Devin Lazerine say Big Daddy Kane is "widely seen as one of the best lyricists of his time and even today regularly gets name-checked by younger dudes",<ref>Lazerine, Cameron and Devin, 2008, ''Rap-Up: The Ultimate Guide To Hip-Hop And R&B'', Grand Central Publishing, p. 17.</ref> and music journalist [[Peter Shapiro (journalist)|Peter Shapiro]] says Kane is "perhaps the most complete MC ever".<ref name="autogenerated29"/>
[[Eminem]] references Big Daddy Kane in the lyrics to his song "Yellow Brick Road" from his album ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]'', saying, "we (Eminem and [[Proof (rapper)|Proof]]) was on the same shit, that Big Daddy Kane shit, where compound syllables sound combined",<ref name="autogenerated2004"/> and he quotes the same lines in his book [[The Way I Am (autobiography)|''The Way I Am'']]—this illustrates how Big Daddy Kane had an influence on both Eminem's and Proof's rhyme technique.<ref name="autogenerated4"/>

==Discography==
{{Main|Big Daddy Kane discography}}

===Studio albums===
*''[[Long Live the Kane]]'' (1988)
*''[[It's a Big Daddy Thing]]'' (1989)
*''[[Taste of Chocolate]]'' (1990)
*''[[Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album)|Prince of Darkness]]'' (1991)
*''[[Looks Like a Job For...]]'' (1993)
*''[[Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album)|Daddy's Home]]'' (1994)
*''[[Veteranz Day]]'' (1998)

===Collaboration albums===
*''Back to the Future'' <small>with The Las Supper</small> (2013)

==Filmography==
* 1993 ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'' as "Father Time"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107863/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |title=Posse |website=[[IMDb]] |date=May 14, 1993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402024339/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107863/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 }}</ref>
* 1993 ''[[The Meteor Man (film)|The Meteor Man]]'' as "Pirate" <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107563/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |title=The Meteor Man |website=[[IMDb]] |date=August 6, 1993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511011307/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107563/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref>
* 2005 ''[[Dave Chappelle's Block Party]]'' as Himself.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425598/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |title=Dave Chappelle's Block Party |website=[[IMDb]] |date=March 3, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511011308/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425598/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref>
* 2007 ''Dead Heist'' as Hunter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457319/fullcredits |title=Dead Heist |website=[[IMDb]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127035207/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457319/fullcredits |archive-date=January 27, 2013 }}</ref>
* 2008 ''[[Love for Sale (2008 film)|Love for Sale]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172996/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |title=Love for Sale |website=[[IMDb]] |date=August 8, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511011307/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172996/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref>
* 2009 ''Just Another Day'' as Clay
* 2011 ''Budz House'' as Keisha
* 2016 ''[[Exposed (2016 film)|Exposed]]'' as Jonathan "Black" Jones
* 2018 ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as Ray Wallis / "Four Stroke"
* 2024 ''ElemenTory'' as Chris Cunningham

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.officialbigdaddykane.com}}
* {{IMDb name|0437263}}

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[[Category:Juice Crew members]]
[[Category:Male actors from Brooklyn]]
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