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Here are 64 rappers who chose, for one reason or another, to take on new rap names as their careers have gone on.

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XXL highlights rappers who were cheated by the prestigious award ceremony.

2013 was a roller coaster year. We've seen just about everything from multiple arrests, shootings, lyric controversy and the verse of the decade all within one year. With only a few days left in 2013, lets look back at the craziest moments this year that didn't involved Kanye West. Kan ...

The Wu-Tang Clan has had a big year, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, touring the country and Europe, and working on their long-awaited sixth group album, A Better Tomorrow. With all...

After some setbacks due to legal issues, Raison Allah’s documentary on the life of late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard has been made available online, reports AllHipHop. The documentary, Dirty: Platinum Edition, was initially slated to be premiered during a special screening at the NuHo Film Festival back in November. Howe...

The Ol' Dirty Bastard Documentary screening is unraveling into a multilayered issue that's becoming a head-scratcher to follow. The screening of the film, titled Dirty: Platinum Edition, was supposed to take place last Friday night (November 15) at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music on what would have been Ol' Dirty Bastard's 45th birthday. What it ended up t...

The story behind the aborted Ol' Dirty Bastard documentary that was supposed to be screened Friday night (November 15) at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music is devolving into a game of finger-pointing, with the owner of the NuHo Film Festival—the organization responsible for promoting and putting on the event—lambasting ODB's estate for what he calls "plain and simple greed." The ev... Read M

November 15 is the birthday of Wu Tang Clan founding-member Ol' Dirty Bastard. The legendary Wu-tang rapper died 9 years ago on November 13, just two days before his 36th birthday. To honor him, NuHo Film Festival threw a birthday memorial for ODB at the historic Brooklyn Academy in Brooklyn, NY...

Today marks the ninth anniversary of the tragic passing of Russell Jones better known to the world as Ol' Dirty Bastard. As a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, ODB was one of the most beloved rappers of the 1990s delivering such hits as "Brooklyn Zoo," "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and "Got Your Money...

Twenty years ago today, the Wu-Tang Clan dropped one of the most influential albums. The Wu’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) still stands the test of time as great body of work from the nine-man crew. To commemorate the anniversary, Queens-based illustrator/comic artist Jaeil Cho created a drawing inspired by the lyrics of “C.R.E.A.M.” I...

On this day, Nov. 9, in hip-hop history, Wu-Tang clan dropped their debut album.