Today in Hip Hop history the culture lost one of the greats to Cancer…R.I.P Guru Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information On July 17, 1961 Keith Edward Elam was born into this world in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Sadly 5 years ago today the late, great MC Guru lost his battle with the big C. April 19, 2010 […]
23 years ago today Nas dropped his debut LP ‘Illmatic‘. Released on by Columbia Records in 94’ Nas recorded the album at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City. Produced by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S. and Nas himself; the bangers on the album […]
15 years ago today, Chi Ali released his first and only album ‘The Fabulous Chi-Ali’. Chi-Ali first appeared on De La Soul’s single Say No Go on the song “Who’s The Mack Daddy” and on Black Sheep’s debut album, A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, featured on “Pass the 40”. Chi Ali at the time was […]
On this day in 1997 Brooklyn native and Hip Hop legend Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in LA. 20 years ago Wallace left Puff Daddy’s party in a GMC Suburban SUV that stopped at a red light at the corner of Wilshire Blvd […]
Hip Hop superstar Future debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his classic LP entitled HNDRXX. It replaces his own self-titled album, which also topped at No. 1 a week earlier. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information According to Billboard, Future is the first act in over 60 years of the chart […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, super producer and generational sound shaper DJ Premier was born in 1966. As a producer, DJ Premier has worked with: Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B, Common, D’Angelo, Dr. Dre, Game, Joey Bada$$, KRS-One, Ludacris, Mos Def, Nas, Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Immortal […]
