Hip-Hop History

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Music Kurupt Left Death Row Because Tupac Died Under Suge Knight's Watch The Dogg Pound MC said that the tragedy confirmed that the record label was too dangerous to stay in for long. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 19, 2023 2.8K Views
Original Content West Coast Rappers That Made It Without A Dr. Dre Co-Sign We shine a spotlight on the Californian artists that've made a massive impact on hip-hop without a co-sign from Dr. Dre. By Robert Blair April 01, 2021 20.6K Views
Original Content 20 Of Hip-Hop's Best Forgotten Diss Records Did these classic diss records slide under your radar? By Maxwell Cavaseno October 03, 2019 10.1K Views
Music The Timeless Impact Of “Illmatic": Hip-Hop’s Love Of Nas’s Debut Album 30 Years Later Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is one of the most influential writers of our time, and what better time to celebrate that than this classic's 30th birthday? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2024 1103 Views
Music Spider Loc, Former G-Unit Star, Has A New Day Job Spider Loc is embracing his honest job. By Alex Zidel October 15, 2019 63.1K Views
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 5.6K Views
Pop Culture Usher Recalls Chaperoning Young Beyonce During Studio Session With The Dolls 44-year-old Usher was born in Dallas, while 41-year-old Beyonce grew up not too far away, in Houston. By Hayley Hynes August 11, 2023 1.6K Views
Original Content Eminem And Cancel Culture: An Incomplete History In the wake of TikTok's attempts to banish Slim Shady once and for all, we take a look at how Eminem has not only thrived when surrounded by controversy, but continuously escaped "cancelling." By Robert Blair March 11, 2021 18.3K Views
Original Content Kanye West Vs. Jay-Z: Who Had The Better Sophomore Album? Jay-Z and Kanye West go head to head in the latest installment of "Who Had The Best Sophomore Album?" By Ben Bijur February 24, 2020 5.9K Views
Music MC Lyte's "Eyes On This" LP Turns 34 On her second album, MC Lyte proved she could lyrically hang with big dogs. By Demi Phillips October 17, 2023 703 Views
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 3.9K Views
Music Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" LP Turns 11 Revisiting Nicki’s commercially triumphant dance-pop era. By Demi Phillips October 18, 2023 540 Views