Thirstin Howl III - Topic

Thirstin Howl the 3rd (aka Skillionaire, The Polo Rican) is one of Hip Hop’s legendary artists and

influential icons. Of Puerto Rican descent from the Marcus Garvey Village projects in

Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, Thirstin first became immersed in Hip Hop culture as a graffiti

writer and a b-boy dancer in the early 80’s. Thirstin is also co-founder of the Lo Lifes, the

Brooklyn street fashion gang of the late 1980’s that has now expanded to become a Hip Hop

organization leading the way in fashion, rap music, graffiti, film and literary works.

Thirstin Howl the 3rd first gained notoriety in 1997 via The Source Magazine’s Unsigned Hype

(Sept. 97) whilst teaming with Eminem for Los Angeles’ Rap Olympics. Since then, Thirstin Howl

the 3rd has independently manufactured albums, videos, movies, a clothing line and published

literature for over three decades.

As an MC, Thirstin Howl the 3rd is a legendary stylist with an idiosyncratic tempo, dynamic word

usage and classic punchlines through some of the most clever song structures ever recorded. It

has made him a cultural icon with content that merges the experiences of the Puerto Rican

community (the oft ignored co-creators of Hip Hop culture’s founding elements), the most

impoverished areas of Black and Brown New York City and the specific insights as a founder of

the Lo Lifes, being a fashion icon, a survivor of the prison industrial complex and cultural arts

visionary.

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