Hip-Hop History

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Original Content Jay-Z Perfected The Art Of The Lead Single Given everything he's accomplished as hip-hop's first billionaire, it's almost hard to imagine Jay-Z as a free-spirited bachelor setting fire to the charts. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2020
Movies Will Smith Met The Notorious B.I.G. For The First Time On The Same Night That He Died During his CRWN Interview to promote "Bad Boys For Life," Will Smith revealed an interesting Biggie story from the night he was killed. By Keenan Higgins January 10, 2020
Music Eve Recalls Ruff Ryders Never Pushing Her To Be Sexy & Encouraging Her Lyrical Game She admitted that "they were trying to cover me up" & that they told her to put on "Timbs and a vest" instead of her crop tops with heels. By Erika Marie March 12, 2021
Pop Culture Drake Surprises Fans At Lil Wayne's Lil WeezyAna Fest In New Orleans: Watch The Canadian called his frequent collaborator out for not inviting him to sing "Mrs. Officer" last night. By Hayley Hynes October 30, 2022
Hip-Hop History Jay-Z Got Denied Entry Into KRS-One & Fat Joe's "1, 2 Pass It" Session DJ Premier reveals that Jay-Z nearly featured on D&D All-Stars posse cut, "1, 2 Pass It (Remix)" ft. KRS-One, Fat Joe, Doug E Fresh, Smiff N Wessun & more. By Aron A. November 24, 2021
Numbers XXXTentacion Enters Top 20 Highest-Selling Artists Of All-Time List XXXTentacion passes J. Cole to land in the Top 20 highest-selling artists of all time in regards to digital single sales. By Alex Zidel October 02, 2020
Streetwear Drake & 21 Savage Make History On The Cover Of "Vogue" Bitch, don't tell me that you model if you ain't been in "Vogue." By Hayley Hynes October 31, 2022
Music DJ Clark Kent Recalls Convincing Jay-Z To Switch From Hustling To Rap DJ Clark Kent, who played a pivotal role in shaping the early momentum of Roc-A-Fella Records, reflects on encouraging Jay-Z to take his craft more seriously. By Mitch Findlay March 09, 2021
Hip-Hop History Too $hort Explains Why He Kept His Friends Away From Tupac Too $hort explains why he didn't want Tupac hanging around his friends. By Aron A. September 28, 2022
Music Raekwon & Ghostface Killah Reflect On "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" With its twenty-fifth anniversary around the corner, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah hit up Beats 1 to discuss the album's legacy. By Mitch Findlay July 31, 2020
Original Content Kanye West: 5 Deeper Cuts Worth Revisiting With his tenth studio album "Donda" on the horizon, take a moment to revisit a few Kanye West gems that you might not know. By Mitch Findlay August 25, 2021
Music JAY-Z Or Lil Wayne? Twitter Users Debate Who Had A Better Prime A viral tweet sparked a debate on Hip-Hop Twitter over whether JAY-Z or Lil Wayne had a stronger prime. By Alex Zidel February 08, 2022