MC Shan

Melle Mel, MC Shan, RZA, Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B and Cordae look back at what it was like to be a rapper in each decade of hip-hop.

Lil Durk covers XXL magazine’s Spring 2023 issue and gives an exclusive interview about new album, seven kids, Jay-Z's memorable words, India Royale and more.

These clapbacks are better than the songs they responded to.

Rap's biggest battles.

There appears to be a disconnect between JAY-Z's lyrics on '4:44' and some of the rappers in the game.

MC Shan joins a growing list of rappers who aren't feeling Hov's money phone lyric.

"All of a sudden - I'm old enough to know better - a hand come around and grab me by my crotch."

"You to keep standing up somebody that did what they did...you got something to hide."

These albums failed to live up to the expectations set by their first release, whether in the eyes of the public or the critics.

Previously: DJ Premier Remembers Jeru The Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises In The East’ 20 Years Later DJ Premier Didn’t Like The Beat To Nas’ “Memory Lane” 15 Of The Greatest Rapper-Producer Duos Of All Time DJ Premier Wouldn’t Have Gone Back to Cleveland If He Were LeBron James

Previously: 20 Of The Best One-Producer Albums In Hip-Hop History

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