Hip-Hop History

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Music What Is T.I.'s Best-Selling Album? Delve into T.I.'s best-selling album that shaped hip-hop with its chart-topping hits and lasting cultural impact. By Rain Adams November 10, 2023
Original Content How Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Sets The Standard For Diss Tracks Nearly 30 years on since its release, we take a look at why Ice Cube's retort to his former NWA collaborators is still heralded as the greatest diss track of all time. By Robert Blair October 29, 2019
Original Content Future's "Monster" Mixtape Solidified Him As Our Favorite Villain Dissecting the success of "Monster" on its five year anniversary. By Noah C October 28, 2019
Music Videos 40 Shares Emotional Backstory Of Drake's "The Calm" During an interview on Kevin Durant's "The ETCs" podcast, 40 breaks down the backstory behind his favorite Drake song, "The Calm." By Mitch Findlay October 15, 2020
Original Content How Drake's "Thank Me Later" Became A Classic It's been 13 years since Drake's "Thank Me Later" released, an album that signified and inspired a new era of hip-hop. By Caleb Hardy May 16, 2023
Music Travie McCoy Reveals Lil Wayne's Stylist Snooped Through His Clothes For Inspo During His Rock Era The Gym Class Heroes star said that he caught Lil Wayne's stylist snooping through his clothes during the "I Am Music" tour. By Aron A. September 23, 2021
Original Content Snoop Dogg & Suge Knight's Beef & Reconciliation: A Complete History The story of Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight is one of hip-hop's essential tales. By Mitch Findlay August 12, 2019
Music 6 Times Rappers Lied In Diss Songs Fat Joe recently claimed that 95 percent of his lyrics are lies. In the ongoing feud between Drake and K-Dot, some eyebrows have been raised. By Christopher Gorrie May 10, 2024
Relationships Drake Brings His First Girlfriend Keshia Chanté On Stage At OVO Fest: Watch The 34-year-old is said to be the "KiKi" that Drizzy sang about on "In My Feelings." By Hayley Hynes August 01, 2022
Music Who Is Mase? Bad Boy Hitmaker & Hip Hop Minister From a multi-decade long beef with Diddy to becoming a minister, we're looking back on the career on rapper Mase. By Caleb Hardy June 03, 2023
Original Content Juice WRLD's "Goodbye & Good Riddance" Turns 5 Juice WRLD's "Goodbye & Good Riddance" propelled the Chicago rapper into a worldwide sensation amid depressing emo-rap. By Caleb Hardy May 18, 2023
Music Cypress Hill: Smoky Origins Of "Black Sunday" Relive Cypress Hill's monumental "Black Sunday," the revolutionary Hip Hop album that is still impactful 30 years later. By Erika Marie July 07, 2023