Rakim was recently spotted at Riverfront Live in Cincinnati, where he performed some of his hit songs such as “Microphone Fiend,” “Juice (Know the Ledge),” “Paid in Full,” “Don’t Sweat the Technique” and more.

He was imitating being a fiend for the microphone….just Incase you weren’t listening to the lyrics

He had me worried for a minute

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Bruh dead ass goated af

Wasn’t intro acting out the microphone fiend? LHM

My number 1 rapper of all time stilll fresh to def. RAKIM allah

At first I was like oh no what’s wrong with the god. Then I’m like 😄 oh this act is nice. He the microphone fiend.

Just kicked it with him and saw him in Indiana two nights ago and he went crazy. No vocals on the track. 45 min set and all 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Greatest MC by a long shot. Any top 5 that doesn’t at least include him, can NOT be taken seriously. Just listen to anything before him. There is before Rakim and then there is after Rakim.

Loving the confusion in the comments😂😂😂 Get em Rakim!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤

how old are u idiots on this timeline he has been doing that before microphne feiend for yrs rakim dont do drugs& he is a vegetarian this is why he is still the same size 40 years later are yall ok? Blk people cant wait for someoen to fall off dont even notice its an act

He put the mic in his arm. He’s a “microphone fiend”. All you people can’t be this dumb. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂

Legends don’t just perfor they remind you why they’re timeless. Seeing Rakim spit classics like ‘Paid in Full’ and ‘Microphone Fiend’ live? That’s history in motion. If you call yourself a hip hop fan, missing this is not an option.

At first I thought he was tweaking but then I realized he was performing. If you know you know!!

Was he high off of something?

“I’m the Microphone Fiend after 12 I’m worse than a gremlin/ feed me Hip Hop and I start trembling” ~Rakim~ “Microphone Fiend”🔥👍🏾💯

6:40 everyone knows every word

We need a Tiny Desk

Lord… reading the comments of so many slow pokes makes me think a lot of yall was sniffing markers as kids. My goodness…

Hope that was part of the show and not heroin I just saw.

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Greatest MC of all time. The John Coltrane of hip-hop.

If you think he was high off something please watch the video again. Smfh

Nigga scared me for a second i thought he was strung out then he started to rap and i was oh thank god lol

Watching the first few secs with the volume off scared me and my heart sank.

This is my GOAT right here. No disrespect to Biggie, TuPac, Nas, etc., but Rakim was on a whole other level. Cold bars, no cussing, just straight storytelling on every cut. Rakim get about 7% of the respect he rightfully deserves!!! @thegodrakim is the best to ever do it.

Da god is almost 60 on stage putting on a great performance for the people who don’t see the greatness. He’s putting the mic in his arm like a junky would do a needle hints the the song microphone feen

Still gotta see the god MC perform live with my own eyes 🙏🏿

Ah man. Did they take the microphone out of “Microphone Fiend” ?

Went over some of y’all mindset, Microphone fiend

i see what he was tryna do unc need a hypeman up there with him lol

“Is he high”

Dude is performing a song called “microphone fiend” instead of listening or reading the caption, folks ran to make comments.