Hip-Hop History

Music Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle" Beat Was Originally For Ciara What might have been: Hit-Boy reveals that Ciara originally recorded a song over Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle." By Mitch Findlay June 10, 2021 4.3K Views
Original Content What Happened To Cory Gunz? After Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" catapulted the Young Money artist onto the global stage, we take a look at what's happened during Cory Gunz's 15-plus year career. By Robert Blair June 03, 2021 41.7K Views
Music Bone Thugs' Flesh-N-Bone Recalls How Eazy-E Enabled His Addiction Flesh-N-Bone recalls how Eazy-E had his people delivering PCP to the studio where Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were recording. By Mitch Findlay June 03, 2021 9.3K Views
Music Juvenile Recalls JAY-Z Remixing "Ha" Juvenile recalls how JAY-Z actually recorded a remix to "Ha" without him or anyone on Cash Money knowing. By Mitch Findlay June 02, 2021 4.6K Views
Music Mad Skillz Surgically Saves Old Dilla Beat Tape Mad Skillz performs surgery on an old Dilla beat tape, taking to Instagram to share some of the unearthed instrumentals. By Mitch Findlay June 02, 2021 1287 Views
Music Mary J. Blige Details Creating Her "Darkest Album" In "My Life" Documentary The singer revealed the documentary is about creating her classic record & says it was one of the "darkest times I've had." By Erika Marie June 02, 2021 1500 Views
Music Death Row Singer Refutes Keyshia Cole's Claims About Tupac Leaving Label Danny Boy says Tupac would have never told a teenage Keyshia Cole anything of the sort. "He ain't told her sh*t," he says. By Erika Marie June 02, 2021 17.9K Views
Music Ja Rule & Irv Gotti Celebrate 22 Years Of "Venni Vetti Vecci" Ja Rule and Irv Gotti reflect on twenty-two years of "Venni Vetti Vecci," the album that introduced the label to the world. By Mitch Findlay June 01, 2021 1.8K Views
Music Jeezy Flexes 10 Years Of "The Real Is Back" Jeezy took a moment to look back on the ten-year anniversary of his DJ Drama-hosted mixtape "The Real Is Back." By Mitch Findlay May 31, 2021 2.3K Views
Music Punch Shares His "Mt. Rushmore" From Every Era TDE's Punch comes through with a plethora of different Mt. Rushmore lineups spanning across the last thirty-plus years. By Mitch Findlay May 31, 2021 6.1K Views
Music Danny Brown Recalls Almost Signing With 50 Cent Danny Brown recalls when he almost signed with 50 Cent, revealing the reason why the deal didn't come to pass. By Mitch Findlay May 27, 2021 3.0K Views
Music Tech N9ne Reflects On MGK's Wild Tour Antics Tech N9ne fondly reminisces on how Machine Gun Kelly broke every one of his tour rules while on the road together. By Mitch Findlay May 27, 2021 14.5K Views