Do you know this about spoonie gee?

• Gabriel Jackson, Spoonie Gee, was Born in Harlem, New York City, on May 27, 1963.

• Some credit him with originating the term hip hop, and some of the themes in his music were precursors of gangsta rap.

• As a child, he would only eat with a spoon, hence the nickname.

• From the age of 12, he lived with his uncle Bobby Robinson, a record producer.

• Spoonie got his start when Peter Brown was looking for a rapper in Robinson's record store, and Spoonie's name came up.

• In 2008, "Love Rap" was ranked number 65 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

• Spoonin' Rap" featured a lyric that included jailhouse references that would later become common in gangsta rap.

• His use of reverb was similar to the style of Jamaican DJs.

• He was known to some as "the original gangsta rapper."

• Eventually, he signed to Sugarhill Records.