Hip-Hop History

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Music Tupac Would Have Turned 50 Today The legendary 2Pac Shakur would have turned 50 today. By Mitch Findlay June 16, 2021
Music DJ Clark Kent Reveals Jay-Z Had To Be Persuaded To Make "Reasonable Doubt" On the 25th anniversary of Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt," DJ Clark Kent talks to Apple Music and shares secrets about Hov's classic debut album. By Joshua Robinson June 25, 2021
Music JAY-Z Gifts Memphis Bleek An Iced-Out Roc-A-Fella Chain Memphis Bleek receives an iced-out Roc-A-Fella chain from his longtime mentor JAY-Z, sparking nostalgia for their "Coming Of Age" chemistry. By Mitch Findlay July 22, 2021
Music Bobby Shmurda Explains Why He Thinks DMX Is The GOAT Bobby Shmurda says that DMX is the GOAT. By Alex Zidel December 08, 2021
Music Nas Clapped Back At 2Pac In Newly-Surfaced Freestyle An unreleased Nas freestyle called "Real N***as" has surfaced, on which he took a few shots at 2Pac Shakur. By Mitch Findlay July 22, 2021
Music T-Pain Recalls When Kanye West Stole His Bar T-Pain recalls the time Kanye West judged one of his bars as corny and then proceeded to use it on "Dark Twisted Fantasy." By Mitch Findlay September 07, 2021
Music Nipsey Hussle Died Two Years Ago Today Two years ago to this day, hip-hop suffered the tragic loss of Nipsey Hussle, killed in a fatal shooting at the age of 33. By Mitch Findlay March 31, 2021
Hip-Hop History Death Row Records Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Official Online Store Death Row Records celebrates 30 years with their first-ever online store including merch, vinyl, cassettes, NFTs, and more. By Aron A. March 30, 2021
Music Just Blaze Unearths Kanye's Sampler Used On "Blueprint" & "Black Album" Just Blaze recently unearthed an old ASR-10 sampler that Kanye West used to create beats on "Blueprint," "Black Album," and more. By Mitch Findlay July 23, 2021
Hip-Hop History 50 Cent Flexes The Success Of Sophomore Album "The Massacre" 50 Cent fires back at anyone who thinks that "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" is his only successful album. By Aron A. October 17, 2021
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
Hip-Hop History Diddy Ex-Bodyguard Details Puffy Throwing Shyne Under The Bus Gene Deal, a former bodyguard for Bad Boy, explains how Diddy got cleared of charges from the 1999 club shooting. By Aron A. March 18, 2022