Rap Icon Kool G Rap Debuts New Album Cover

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Bernadette Giacomazzo) Hip-hop heads all over the world got the first exclusive look at Kool G Rap's new album cover today.

The album, entitled Riches, Royalty, Respect, marks the first album of new material in nearly eight years from the legendary emcee, who has influenced nearly every rap artist from Nas to 50 Cent, and everyone in between, with his raw, gritty, honest tale of life on the streets. (No less of an emcee than Jay-Z has name-checked KGR with his hit song, "Encore," where he compares himself to a "young Kool G Rap in his prime.")

Principal photography for the album was done by legendary erotic photographer Scott Church, whose work has appeared all over the world (most notably in Playboy and Maxim.com), & who has shot the likes of Evan Seinfeld (of Biohazard) & The G-Unit Riderz.

The Juice Crew pioneer with a trademark lisp will drop Riches, Royalty, Respect on May 18th on Fat Beats Records. In the meantime, fans are encouraged to go to https://www.koolgrapnow.com & download the free eight-song EP, Offer You Can't Refuse, which features "America's Nightmare," a collaboration with Mobb Deep's own Havoc.