Hip-Hop History

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Music Jermaine Dupri Says He Created "106 & Park" For Bow Wow The megaproducer is shedding light on how one of BET's most memorable shows was developed. By Erika Marie December 16, 2022
Original Content How Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Changed Rap It's been decades since Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" released, & the album remains one of the most influential hip-hop records. By Caleb Hardy April 14, 2023
Music Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo": 5 Songs That Laid The Foundation For "Rodeo" To celebrate the tenth anniversary and upcoming DSP re-release of Travis Scott's fan-favorite mixtape, we're applauding its indelible influence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 19, 2024
Original Content Why Nicki Minaj Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time From making a name for herself as the heiress of Young Money to dominating the music industry as the latest Queen of Rap, Nicki Minaj has changed Hip-Hop forever. By Joshua Robinson March 22, 2022
Hip-Hop History Lil Wayne Wanted To Axe His Famous "F Is For Phenomenal" Lyric Lil Wayne wanted to change his iconic "Weezy F Baby and the F is for Phenomenal" lyric, says his longtime associate Cortez Bryant. By Alex Zidel September 10, 2020
Original Content Aaliyah's "I Don't Wanna" Turns 20, And It's Still Her Most Slept-On Record To Date Two decades later, this sleeper hit by the "Princess of R&B" is still one of her coldest records. By Keenan Higgins January 11, 2020
Hip-Hop History Black Eyed Peas Original Singer Kim Hill Details Why She Quit Group Before Fame "You want me to grind on will.i.am in a bathing suit?" By Erika Marie December 19, 2019
Hip-Hop History B-Real Recounts Being Ice Cube's "Armed Security" & Running Into Eazy-E B-Real recalls linking up with Ice Cube and acting as his armed security whenever they hung out. By Aron A. August 02, 2020
Original Content Havoc Details Origins Of His Dark Production, Signing With 50 Cent & His Favorite Mobb Deep Album Havoc, one half-of Mobb Deep and a pioneer of dark production, opens up about his creativity, why he loves his time with G-Unit, and some of his favorite moments in the studio. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Music Havoc Reveals One Of His Favorite Prodigy Verses Of All Time Havoc reflects on one of his favorite Prodigy verses of all time, a scene-stealing contribution to a competitive hip-hop posse cut. By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2021
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
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