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KRS-One
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 20, 1965 (60 years)
Lawrence Parker (born August 20, 1965), known professionally as KRS-One (/ˌkeɪ ɑːr ɛs ˈwʌn/; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from the Bronx. He rose to prominence as part of the hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s. KRS-One is known for his songs "Sound of da Police", "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)", and "My Philosophy". Boogie Down Productions received numerous awards and critical acclaim in their early years. Following the release of the group's debut album, Criminal Minded, fellow artist Scott La Rock was shot and killed, but KRS-One continued the group, effectively as a solo project. He began releasing records under his own name in 1993. He is politically active, having started the "Stop the Violence Movement" after La Rock's death. He is also a vegan activist, expressed in songs such as "Beef". He is widely considered an influence on many hip-hop artists.
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KRS-One Filmography
| 2023 | Cover Your Ears · as Self - Rapper |
| 2023 | Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Mixtape · as Self |
| 2022 | Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | You're Watching Video Music Box · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell · as Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | The ReidOut (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage (TV Series) · as Krs-One |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer · as Self |
| 2012 | Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Shadows of Liberty · as Self - Public Testimony At The Fcc Hearings |
| 2012 | Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Rhyme and Punishment · as Self |
| 2010 | Ghetto Physics · as Self |
| 2009 | Good Hair · as Self |
| 2009 | 6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2009 | The Obama Deception · as Self |
| 2007 | BET Hip-Hop Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2007 | NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell · as Self |
| 2007 | Bomb It · as Himself |
| 2006 | 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2005 | Letter to the President · as Self - Recording Artist |
| 2005 | The MC: Why We Do It · as Self |
| 2005 | The Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up · as Self |
| 2004 | Hip-Hop Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Beef II · as Self - Recording Artist |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 5 Sides of a Coin · as Himself |
| 2003 | Beef · as Self |
| 2003 | Hip Hop: A Tale from the Hood · as Krs-One |
| 2002 | Def Poetry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The Last Poets · as Self |
| 2001 | HipHop Story: Tha Movie · as Self |
| 2000 | Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Rhyme & Reason · as Self |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | R.E.M.: This Film Is On · as Self (segment: Radio Song) |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Human Education Against Lies · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Overcoming Self-Destruction · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Alive from Off Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2008 | PrimalRap · as Krs One |
| 2005 | Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | 2Pac 4 Ever · as Narrator |
| 2000 | |
| 1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground · as Vendor (segment "subway Car From Hell") |
| 1993 | Who's the Man? · as Rashid |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · as Musician |