Hip-Hop History

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Pop Culture Rap Lyrics Bill Passed By California Legislature, Awaiting Signature From Governor California will be the first state to place limits on when rap can be used in court. By Hayley Hynes August 23, 2022
Tech AI-Controlled Rapper FN Meka's Creator Speaks Out On His Capitol Records-Signed Design Factory New co-founder Anthony Martini feels as though traditional A&Rs are "inefficient and unreliable." By Hayley Hynes August 22, 2022
Pop Culture DMX's "Know What I Am" Posthumous Single Reportedly A "Fake" Matthew "M80" Markoff claims that XRay Records took vocals that "were never intended to be released" to create the single. By Hayley Hynes June 26, 2022
Music Warren G's Debut Album "Regulate...G Funk Era" Turns 29 While Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are widely hailed as the pioneers as G-Funk, Warren G's 'Regulate...G Funk Era' delivered a unique commercial sound. By Caleb Hardy June 12, 2023
Music N.W.A.'s "Efil4Zaggin" Turns 32 While "Efil4Zaggin" is the less well-known of the N.W.A.'s two albums, its long-standing influence is crucial. By Caleb Hardy June 02, 2023
Numbers Lil Uzi Vert Makes Chart History & Matches Lil Wayne Lil Uzi Vert charts every single song from "LUV Vs. The World 2" on the Billboard Hot 100 after doing the same thing with "Eternal Atake" the previous week. By Alex Zidel March 24, 2020
Pop Culture J. Cole Recalls Encouraging Dr. Dre To Sign Kendrick Lamar When He Was Still Up-And-Coming Dre signed the "Money Trees" rapper to his Aftermath imprint in 2013. By Hayley Hynes December 25, 2021
Music Mister Cartoon Reflects On Tattooing Eminem & 50 Cent Mister Cartoon reps his Shady Records ties as he reflects on tattooing Eminem and 50 Cent back in the day. By Mitch Findlay September 27, 2021
Music Nipsey Hussle Died Two Years Ago Today Two years ago to this day, hip-hop suffered the tragic loss of Nipsey Hussle, killed in a fatal shooting at the age of 33. By Mitch Findlay March 31, 2021
Hip-Hop History Nicki Minaj Apologizes After T-Pain Says She Ghosted Him In 2007 Nicki Minaj responds after T-Pain reveals that she curved his request for a verse in 2007. By Aron A. June 13, 2021
Music Tupac Would Have Turned 50 Today The legendary 2Pac Shakur would have turned 50 today. By Mitch Findlay June 16, 2021
Original Content What Has Diddy Done For R&B? Whether or not you agree with Diddy's argument that R&B is dead, there's no debating the music mogul's impact on the genre. By Joshua Robinson August 25, 2022