Hip-Hop History

Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, has declared today 'Biggie Day' on what would have been the late legend's 44th birthday

The best of Biggie, we know there are endless amounts of quotable verses from B.I.G, but these are some of our personal favorites! #RIPBIG    

2Pac and Biggie Smalls freestyle video, with both of them kicking it at the table and enjoying some drinks. Man, it’s unbelievable how much hip-hop misses them! #RIP

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, John Berry, an original member of hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was 52. Berry is credited with coming up with the name Beastie Boys when they were teenagers. Berry played on the Beastie Boys’ first seven-inch EP Polly Wog Stew, […]

DMX is expected to a father once again, this making number 13! DMX and his current girlfriend are expecting their first child and number 13 for X… His last child was born in 2013. X filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2013 citing his increasing child support obligations. His claim was later dismissed since child support […]

            Billboard Hot 100 Review – Year 1993 (Watch) The year is 1993, and the hip-hop charts are full of legendary emcee’s, Dre, Snoop, Pac, Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Naughty By Nature, and many more, but it was the artist Snow, who held the peak position on the charts in […]

A new TV show will replay the event of a shooting incident that involved rap icon Snoop Dogg. The new television show Rich And Acquitted will revisit infamous court cases where celebrities were tried for crimes but ultimately found not guilty. In 1993, Snoop Dogg‘s career was almost over after he and his bodyguard were charged with the […]

  12 years ago, Eminem, D12, Stat Quo stopped by Tim Westwood across the pond and hopped on the mic and did what they do best! #RipProof  

Believe it or not, it has been 14 years since we lost the beautiful and talented Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, may she rest in paradise! Gone but NEVER forgotten. 

According to A.J.’s Instagram, the OG’s of the top ten music video show will return to BET to host a new program. The Extra correspondent tagged Free and she reposted, “We’re back.” He then paid his thank yous to the show’s creator, Stephen Hill. Let’s take a trip down memory lane with some of our favorite […]