Diddy: He’s been in the game for years and it made him a mogul.  Now all Diddy has to do is maintain his spot in hip-hop history.

Diddy-Dirty Money: Diddy’s return to music is not a one man show. Riding shotgun on the Bad Boy owner’s new album, Last Train to Paris, are Mr. Comb’s bad girls, Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper-Vick

Nas and Damian Marley: The pair teams up to record the experimental LP Distant Relatives.

Plies: Success in the rap game has bred some contempt.

Guru: His final years.

Ice Cube and his AMW collaborators recount the making of the West Coast classic AmerikKKKa’s Most Wanted.

B.o.B: Atlanta rookie B.o.B is carrying the torch for T.I.’s Grand Hustle imprint.

…and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Soulja Boy, Chris Brown, Yelawolf, and Fat Joe.

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