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Nas and The Firm on the “Full Circle” track from King’s Disease

Nas and The Firm: Full Circle Deep Dive Part 1

Nas’s recently released album King’s Disease marked his fourteenth project to debut in the top ten. It stands as a testament to his longevity and sustained greatness, with a career now spanning nearly three decades since his debut appearance on Main Source’s 1992...

Tupac Shakur and Treach photographed together in the 1990s

Tupac and Treach: Dedication from the Heart

The date, September 13th, 2020, marks twenty-four years since the passing of Tupac Shakur. It is one of those events that many remember where they were when his untimely death occurred. There were vast outcries and numerous dedications from artists whom he had made an...

Eve at the Grammy Awards and Dr. Dre at The Defiant Ones premiere

Eve and Dr Dre: Aftermath and Beyond

It has been well documented that Eve was signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label before her run with the Ruff Ryders. Although her time at Aftermath was short and did not pan out, Dr. Dre still played a significant role in her career. Eve later described Dr. Dre as tough...

50 Cent and Mary J Blige Collab with Method Man | Power Book II

50 Cent and Mary J Blige with Method Man: Power Music Collab

The highly anticipated Power spinoff, Power Book II: Ghost, has finally arrived. The series serves as a direct continuation of events from the original show. For this season, 50 Cent played a key role as executive producer by bringing Mary J. Blige onboard as a...

MC Eiht & Snoop Dogg's War Zone Project | Hip Hop News Journal

MC Eiht and Snoop Dogg: War Zone Project

In recent years West Coast hip hop legend MC Eiht has been active putting out projects including 2017’s Which Way Iz West, executively produced by DJ Premier. In addition to last year’s Gangsta Bizness with his group Compton’s Most Wanted. Prior to that...

Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown: Impactful (Late 90’s – Early 00’s)

Through the years Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have been supportive and shared their admiration for each other. It had been announced back in May that Foxy Brown would be appearing on Nicki’s forthcoming album Queen. Should be interesting to see what sort of track they...

Nas and Swizz Beatz: Unreleased Completed Project

In doing promo for his next project Poison, hip hop producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz revealed that he had a completed a full-length album with Nas back in 2016 within a week’s time. Hence on DJ Khaled’s 2016 album Major Key a track was released featuring Nas titled...

LL Cool J and 50 Cent: Missed Opportunity

In 2006 LL Cool J dropped the album Todd Smith through his longtime record label Def Jam. Other than sharing his frustration with the label for the handling of his album 14 Shots to The Dome back in 1993 at least publicly he was content with the label. Todd Smith came...

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