Hip-Hop History

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Music Swizz Beatz Shows Major Love To DMX & Jay-Z Following DMX's challenge to Jay-Z, "Verzuz" co-creator Swizz Beatz took a moment to pay homage to his "brothers." By Mitch Findlay May 07, 2020
Hip-Hop History Tisha Campbell Dishes On Dinner With Tupac Tisha Campbell talks about her casual Thanksgiving dinner with Tupac. By Evelyn Meyer March 07, 2023
Music G-Unit: The Game Says 50 Cent Was Only Member Making Money In an interview with DJ Vlad, The Game recalled the time he spent working closely with his "Hate It Or Love It" collaborator. By Hayley Hynes December 04, 2023
Music Queen Latifah's "All Hail The Queen" Turns 34 Explore Queen Latifah's iconic debut All Hail the Queen, a pivotal album that reshaped hip hop's narrative. By Rain Adams November 29, 2023
Pop Culture Nipsey Hussle's "Victory Lap" Album Was Executive Produced By Diddy, Rapper Confirms Sean Combs' most recent interview with Los Angeles' "Real 92.3" found him revisiting the 2018 album. By Hayley Hynes September 17, 2022
Original Content N.W.A's "Fuck Tha Police" Still Holds Power Over thirty years later, N.W.A.'s "Fuck Tha Police" resonates with a new generation, finding life as a modern-day protest anthem. By Mitch Findlay June 08, 2020
Numbers Kanye West Officially Has His First-Ever Diamond Song Kanye West's "Stronger" has officially been certified Diamond by the RIAA, making it his first-ever Diamond song. By Alex Zidel October 06, 2021
Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Ghostface Killah's "Shakey Dog" Kicking off our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," revisit one of rap's most explosive and detailed crime sagas, Ghostface Killah's masterful "Shakey Dog." By Mitch Findlay January 19, 2021
Hip-Hop History Young Buck Explains The Game Getting Booted From G-Unit By 50 Cent Young Buck continues to drop classic G-Unit tales in his extensive interview with VLAD TV, this time bringing us back to when The Game got kicked out of G-Unit and the shootout that started everything. By Keenan Higgins December 25, 2020
Music Raekwon & Ghostface Killah Reflect On "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" With its twenty-fifth anniversary around the corner, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah hit up Beats 1 to discuss the album's legacy. By Mitch Findlay July 31, 2020
Hip-Hop History Fat Joe Says Jay-Z Kept Drake Off "All The Way Up" Remix He ultimately wasn't on the remix because Jay-Z preferred for it to be him and Fat Joe alone. By Alex Zidel June 03, 2020
Music Naughty By Nature's "Poverty's Paradise" Turns 28 We're taking a look at the influence of Naughty By Nature's Grammy-winning studio album, "Poverty's Paradise." By Caleb Hardy June 06, 2023