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A History of Rappers Retiring and Unretiring Over the Years [UPDATED]
Throughout the history of hip-hop, rappers who seemingly retired always return. The Root took a look at some of those MCs.
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Styles P Is Putting Rap in the Rearview Mirror
The LOX rapper announced that he’s retiring from rap as a solo rapper, but do we believe him?
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‘You Bring the Bars, I’ll Bring the Books’: Styles P and Jim Jones Poke Fun at Each Other on Social Media Just Before Tuesday’s the Lox Verzuz Dipset Battle
The Lox and Dipset are set to face off at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
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Nipsey Hussle’s Community Legacy: 10 Hip-Hop Artists Continuing The Marathon
The life of Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom was celebrated Thursday before a crowd of over 21,000 at the Staples Center after he was fatally shot in South Los Angeles on March 31. Following his tragic death, the Eritrean-American who was born and raised in L.A. has been praised as a local philanthropist who was heavily…
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When Should Rappers Hang Up the Microphone?
When I was perusing the list of new-release albums from this past Oct. 13, it dawned on me after some time that three of the artists—Wu-Tang, Camp Lo and Krayzie Bone (with his group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)—all released albums that I absolutely loved exactly 20 years ago. In 1997 I turned 16, obtained my driver’s license…