Birth Name: Antonio Monterio Hardy
Place of Birth: New York City
Date of Birth: September 10, 1968
Big Daddy Kane is an American rapper and actor. He is considered one of the most influential rappers of all-time. As an actor, he is known for his roles in the films “Posse”, “The Meteor Man”, and “Exposed”. He is married to Shawnette Hardy with whom he has two children. His younger brother is a rapper named Little Daddy Shane.
Kane is the son of Franklin/Clay Bradley and Ruth Hardy who were born in South Carolina. Kane’s maternal grandparents, Hattie Bell Johnson and Willie Hardy, were born in South Carolina. Kane’s maternal great-grandparents, Mariah and Columbus Johnson, were born in South Carolina. Columbus was the son of John W.H. Johnson, an African-American, and Mary Jane McClendon, a white woman of Scottish, English, Cornish, Irish, and Welsh descent. John and Mary Jane were married in the 1800s in South Carolina. Interracial marriage was legal in South Carolina during Reconstruction. Mary Jane and John were both born in South Carolina. Most of Kane’s ancestors through the McClendon line descend from English settlers in Colonial America.
Kane’s ninth great-grandparents, Elizabeth and Dennis McClendon, emigrated from Scotland to Colonial North Carolina. Dennis’ mother, Marjorie Hunt, was Irish. Kane’s 10th great-grandfather, Thomas Gwaltney, emigrated from Wales to Colonial Virginia. Kane’s 11th great-grandfather, William Early, emigrated from Ireland to Colonial Virginia. He was of English and Cornish descent.
Kane’s paternal grandparents, Clara Sweat and Thomas Bradley, were born in South Carolina. His paternal great-grandparents, Martha Gavins and Jake Bradley were born in South Carolina. All of Kane’s African-American ancestors’ lines can be traced back to 1800s South Carolina.
Picture of Big Daddy Kane’s mother, Ruth Hardy:
https://soundcloud.com/teambdk/las-supper-a-mothers-love
Genealogy of Ruth Hardy:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G91W-2RD
Genealogy of maternal great-great grandmother, Mary Jane McClendon:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8LT-7GR
Mary Jane McClendon on the 1900 Census:
Genealogy of paternal grandfather, Thomas Bradley:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GCWM-XWY
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