Hip-Hop History

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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
Pop Culture DJ Drama Reflects On His 2007 Mixtape Raid: "I Really Got Hit Wit The RICO (And Won)" At the time of Drama and Don Cannon's arrest, law enforcement confiscated over 80K CDs. By Hayley Hynes July 13, 2022
Music Ghostface Killah Is Still Supreme: 7 Of His Best Songs Of The Last Decade Ahead of his upcoming new album and to celebrate his 54th birthday, we're shouting out some recent peaks of Ghostface Killah's pen. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2024
Music DJ Clark Kent Recalls Introducing Jay-Z To Biggie In Resurfaced Clip As Fans Mourn The Producer Rodolfo Franklin's impact cannot be overstated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 27, 2024
Original Content Is Hip-Hop Dead? What happens when the world's biggest genre takes the slightest downturn? The answer is a repeated history whose cycle can still be broken. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2023
Music Wu-Tang Clan "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" Timeline: What Happened & What's Next? This extra-rare, multi-million-dollar Wu-Tang Clan album has been through a few ringers at this point. Why is it coming back, and what led us here? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2024
Numbers Eminem Is The First & Only Rapper With Two Diamond Albums Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "The Eminem Show" are both diamond. By Aron A. March 09, 2023
Pop Culture Smooth B Says Tupac Once Told Him, "I Ain't Gonna Live Past 25," Seemingly Predicting His Death It's no secret that 2Pac had a history of lyricizing about his own death. By Hayley Hynes April 11, 2022
Music Busta Rhymes Reflects On Debut Album's 25th Anniversary Twenty-five years ago, Busta Rhymes released "The Coming" and kicked off one of the most legendary rap careers the game has ever seen. By Mitch Findlay March 26, 2021
Music Too $hort Reveals Anti-Snitch Origin Of Jay-Z's "A Week Ago" Too $hort reflects on why he and Jay-Z were driven to make the anti-snitch track "A Week Ago" in 1998. By Mitch Findlay February 25, 2021
Hip-Hop History Remy Ma Says Big Pun Wanted Eminem Collaboration Remy Ma reveals that Big Pun was patiently waiting for a collaboration with Eminem: "That was his goal." By Mitch Findlay September 16, 2020
Hip-Hop History The Game Recounts Being 5x Platinum & Still Getting Shot At In Compton Beverly Hills was the new location shortly after. By Aron A. January 24, 2020