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Ras Kass Drink Champs Interview: Living With Jay-Z & David Banner
Ras Kass Drink Champs interview stories cover a lot of ground, unfolding across a three-plus-hour conversation with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. The…
Public Enemy Apocalypse 91: The Medallion, the Clock, and Me
Public Enemy Apocalypse 91 wasn't where it started for me — that was It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us…
Liquid Swords 1995: Inside Wu-Tang’s Stacked Solo Run
Liquid Swords 1995 was really the last piece of something bigger — the closer on a run nobody in hip-hop has really…
Fatal Hussein Outlawz: A 1998 Diaspora Ad
Fatal Hussein Outlawz ties are what this whole ad is built on. Relativity Records put this out in 1998 to push his…
Street Lord Mafia: Tuna & 2Pac
Street Lord Mafia: Tuna & 2Pac — In honor of what would've been 2Pac's birthday, Tuna, an affiliate of the legendary Detroit…
Marcus B Mixtape: Superior Cynic Return The Fett
The Marcus B mixtape known as "Superior Cynic" first hit tape decks in July 1996, and nearly three decades later, it still…
Jeru The Damaja Hip Hop Connection Interview 1994
This Jeru The Damaja Hip Hop Connection interview is from 1994, Issue #60, right as "Come Clean" was starting to spread and…
Gang Starr Step in the Arena Poster — 1991 Chrysalis Promo Ad
Found this Gang Starr Step in the Arena poster and had to share it. Chrysalis and Cooltempo ran it back in 1991…
Prodigy of Mobb Deep: My Infamous Life Audiobook
Prodigy of Mobb Deep: My Infamous Life Audiobook Prodigy of Mobb Deep gave us more than "Shook Ones" — he gave us…
Did The Dayton Family Influence 2Pac?
Did The Dayton Family influence 2Pac? I think Kidd Tha Producer has a point. In a recent clip he traced Pac's early…
DJ Premier & Ransom’s ‘Amazing Graces’ Is Criminally Overlooked
So DJ Premier and Ransom dropped "Amazing Graces" back in October and the internet kinda just... nodded and kept it moving. And…
Was Tupac Friends With MC Hammer?
The Unlikely Friendship Between Tupac and MC Hammer Was Tupac friends with MC Hammer? It sounds unlikely on paper. 2Pac was gangsta…
LGP Qua’s Philly First 48 Freestyle: The Verse That Made Him ‘Voice of the Youth’
LGP Qua's Philly First 48 Freestyle LGP Qua's Philly First 48 freestyle is a heartbreaking prophecy of the unforgiving streets of Philadelphia.…
Detroit Rapper GT Proves Range With “Detroit Money Phone”
Detroit rapper GT is building a career that has stretched well over a decade. From his time at Dirty Glove to his deal…
Replace Spotify and Stop Paying for Music Streaming
Replace Spotify with a $100 Raspberry Pi music server and stream your own library on your terms. Diggin The Greats walks you…
Why Rappers Need a YouTube Manager
Why rappers need a YouTube manager comes down to one simple issue, most artists are uploading music without a real system behind…