Rappers Going Platinum in a Pandemic
Shining in the dark.
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2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.
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A little bit of everything from the old school to new.
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Pi'erre Bourne, Tay Keith, Southside and more have some of the coolest producer tags in hip-hop.
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The late funnyman was beloved in hip-hop and beyond.