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Today in Hip-Hop History: Nas Released His ‘Stillmatic’ LP 18 Years Ago

Sha Be Allah | December 18, 2019

On this day in 2001, the self-crowned “King of New York” released his fifth studio LP, Stillmatic. During Nas’ musical absence the power in New York had shifted and Jay-Z had stepped up and eclipsed Nas as the best MC in New York. The title itself shows that Nas had a chip on his shoulder […]

Today in Hip-Hop History: The Source Magazine Remembers Big L 20 Years Later

Sha Be Allah | February 15, 2019

On February 15, 1999, Hip Hop legend Lamont Coleman aka Big L was murdered at 45 West 139th Street in Harlem after being shot nine times in the face and chest in a drive-by shooting. Gerard Woodley, one of Big L’s friends who was shot in the head near the same street in 2016, was […]