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Original Content Run-DMC's Greatest Hits Run D.M.C. is one of the most legendary groups in Hip-Hop history. From "It's Tricky" to "My Adidas," here's a look at the group's greatest hits. By Josh Megson May 02, 2023
Original Content 7 Times Rappers Spit Bars About Video Games Rap lyrics about video game have been appearing in the genre for decades. We're looking at a few from the past and the present. By Paul Barnes May 22, 2023
Original Content Waka Flocka Flame's Top 10 Turn Up Anthems Practice your gun sound ad-libs, dread shaking and yelling: these are Waka Flocka Flame's 10 best turn up anthems. By Patrick Lyons March 03, 2015
Original Content Every Future Single That Went Gold Or Platinum From "Turn on the Lights" to "March Madness." By Danny Schwartz June 09, 2016
Original Content 18 Hip-Hop Shoutouts To Martin Luther King Jr. Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, & Lil Wayne are among the rappers who have paid homage to MLK over the years. By Danny Schwartz January 16, 2017
Original Content How 50 Cent's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" Defined An Era Of Hip Hop 50 Cent's debut album was a monumental moment in history. Here is how Get Rich Or Die Trying defined an era of hip hop. By Wyatt Westlake May 09, 2023
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
Original Content How "Through The Wire" Jump-Started Kanye West's Career Looking back at "Through The Wire," Kanye West's debut single, which dropped 12 years ago today. By Patrick Lyons September 30, 2015
Original Content 50 Cent's Top 10 Best Acting Roles 50 Cent is one of the most successful rappers-turned-actors of all time. By Willie T. Plaza March 03, 2018
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
Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Lloyd Banks' "Victory Freestyle" Continuing our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," Lloyd Banks' "Victory" has easily withstood the test of time as one of the greatest freestyles in hip-hop history. By Mitch Findlay February 04, 2021
Original Content 7 Times Young Thug Gave No F*cks Young Thug can't help but be himself. By Trevor Smith January 17, 2017