Hip-Hop History

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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
Original Content What Happened To Backpack Rap? We document the rise and fall of the subgenre known as backpack rap. By Robert Blair June 22, 2022
Original Content 10 Classic Mixtapes That Still Haven't Hit Streaming Platforms Some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B projects of the late 2000s and early 2010s were free mixtapes, but many of those classics are still not available to stream on DSPs to this day. By Joshua Robinson September 28, 2022
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
Music Eazy-E "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa" Turns 30: A Response To "The Chronic" Easy-E wasn’t taking Dr. Dre’s disses lying down, retaliating in full force. By Demi Phillips October 18, 2023
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
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
Hip-Hop History Jedi Mind Tricks Crafted Beautiful Violence On "The Deer Hunter" An underground classic celebrates its birthday. By Mitch Findlay October 03, 2019
Original Content Eminem Vs. Machine Gun Kelly: A Complete History The Devil and God are raging across the Midwest. By Mitch Findlay September 03, 2018
Music Rappers Who Have Earned Both An Oscar & Grammy Awards shows have not always given rappers the flowers they deserve. But a few hip hop luminaries have gone on to win an Oscar and a Grammy. By Mike Fugere June 01, 2023
Original Content Cam'ron's "Come Home With Me" Turns 21 One of the most monumental hip hop albums of the 2000s, Cam'ron's "Come Home With Me" turns 21. By Wyatt Westlake May 16, 2023
Music What Happened To G-Unit? 50 Cent's Dissolved Crew From a beef with The Game that got violent to 50 Cent's burgeoning solo career, we're diving into the demise of G-Unit. By Caleb Hardy June 12, 2023