
Hollis, Queens has been home to a number of hip-hop's legends. From Run-DMC to LL Cool J, the small section of NYC has always seemed to produce great emcees. J.Monopoly has spent his entire life in Hollis. Want to take a guess at what he's great at? Yeah, he can rock the mic. For J.Monopoly the obsession started early and he pushed all other potential hobbies and distractions to the side to focus on music. "When I did well in school," he remembers, "my pops would reward me with a trip to Tower Records and I got to pick out [...]