The Gravediggaz were a horrorcore Hip-Hop group consisting of RZA "the RZArector," Prince Paul "the Undertaker," Frukwan "the Gatekeeper" and the late Poetic aka "the Grym Reaper." Though not all members were in attendance, check out this behind the scenes footage of the 1997 in-store at Fat Beats to promote their sophomore album The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel. R.I.P. to Poetic, who died of cancer a few years later.
Fat Beats moved from its small East Village prototype to its famed Greenwich Village location in 1996. To kick off the upgrade, the iconic vinyl store hosted an epic freestyle cipher for the history books — one of many to come. Watch underground legends J-Live, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Freestyle of th...
When Pharoahe Monch's seminal group with Prince Po hits Fat Beats to promote The Equinox in 1997, some dope underground emcees showed up to support and kick some rhymes. Among those who get on the mic are El-P of Company Flow and Run the Jewels, Sir Menelik and, of course, Organized Konfusion the...
West Coast underground legends Tha Alkaholiks had the crowd going crazy when they performed at Fat Beats. Tash and J-Ro rocked some of their classic material and kicked some freestyles in another epic Fat Beats in-store performance "from the crew that drunk the beer up."
