Happy Birthday To Rapper ASAP Rocky Of Elmwood Park
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Happy birthday to Rakim Mayers, better known by his stage name ASAP Rocky (stylized as A$AP Rocky).The rapper, record producer and director was born Oct. 3, 1988 and turns 29 on Tuesday.
His parents named him Rakim as a nod to the legendary Rakim, of Eric B. & Rakim fame.
He was born in Harlem and later moved to Elmwood Park with his mother.
Rocky started rapping at the age of 8, when he moved to Harrisburg, Penn. and joined the ASAP Mob crew, a Harlem-based collective of rappers, producers, music video directors, fashion designers and bikers, in 2007.
When he …
Gary Kleinman Of Wyckoff, 62, Remembered As 'Fiercely Loyal'
WYCKOFF, N.J. — Gary J. Kleinman, a longtime Wyckoff resident and a senior executive with prominent real estate development and investment firms, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, Sept. 24,, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 62.
Family and friends remember Kleinman as a fiercely loyal husband, father and friend who possessed an infectious enthusiasm and loved a good time.
A native of Hartford, Conn., Kleinman graduated in 1973 from Kingswood Oxford School, where he played on the basketball, football and baseball teams. He also play…
