Originally published in the Sept 2010 issue of XXL, which is on stands now. I’ve been waiting for this cover for almost as long as Shyne has. That might be going overboard, but the return of Shyne Po is a story XXL needed to tell. The mag has a history with Shyne. I do, too. But that’s not why I wanted Shyne on the cover. It’s because of his story. Y’all know it by now, and if not, you can CLICK HERE to read the cover story. In a time when, to me, rap lacks a certain amount of substance and ...

9th and Big Remo take cues from LL and D.O.C...

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9th gets in the booth to spit a few flows...

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What some of you may not know about me is that I took up deejaying as a hobby early last year, and it’s quickly become ...