Hip-Hop History
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Music In a recent Instagram vidoe, Simmons recalled the night of The Notorious B.I.G.'s death, and how it motivated him to put an end to the feud.
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Music From shifting hip-hop's sound to curating an iconic rework of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," we're diving into the career of rapper D.M.C.
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Music The Westside Connection collaborators were once good friends, but a disagreement reportedly over money caused a divide.
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Music Iced-out rap trio Migos brought together Slick Rick, City Girls, J Balvin and more to discuss hip-hop's obsession with jewelry in a new, four-part docuseries simply titled ‘Ice Cold.'
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Original Content Producer Dem Jointz opens up about working in Dr. Dre's inner creative circle, the Compton sound, and the hilarious struggle of leaving the nine-to-five life behind.
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Music 9th Wonder takes a moment to celebrate the album he believes to be the best R&B project of the past twenty-six years.
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Original Content Continuing our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," Big Pun's opening verse on "Twinz" proved that one deftly delivered bar can be immortalized in rap history.
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Hip-Hop History Former Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich reveals Elton John jumped to the idea of performing with Eminem at the 2001 Grammys.
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Original Content Hot on the heels of their reunion on "Eazy," we break down Kanye and The Game's long history together as collaborators, friends and, briefly, enemies.
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Original Content A complete history of the long-running and tense beef between Rick Ross and Lloyd Banks, a feud that originally began in 2009.
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Original Content In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced.
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Hip-Hop History It appears as though DMX's comeback is well underway.
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