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  • Public Enemy Number One

    We at VICE are taking full credit for 50 Cent getting signed to Eminem's Shady Records. In '99, the song "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" came out, with 50 Cent namedropping over 30 rappers.

  • Ya Heard?

    The legendary E-40 Fonzarelli will go down in history for three reasons. First, he, along with Too $hort, is one of the first independent rap moguls, scoring a multi-million-dollar major label deal for his Sick-Wid-It imprint way before the No Limits...

  • On The Road To Allah

    Arguably one of last year's brightest hip hop moments was when Jay-Z brought all of his signees to Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 program for a massive freestyle session.

  • NYC Hates The Ying Yang Twins

    While East Coast MCs try their hardest to be complex and lyrical, Southern rappers give us onomatopoeic hooks we can remember.

  • Black Music That Lasts

    Rockwilder has been making beats for Redman since 1992 but no one knew who the hell he was until two years ago. Nobody really cared until he gave Redman and Method Man a joint so ill they had to name the song after him. As soon as "Da Rockwilder...

  • Pretty Ass, High Class

    Whoever said hip hop was an inner-city phenomenon was probably an inner-city crack addict. Rent a movie like Down South Hustlers and you'll see nothing but country rappers driving Impalas down dirt roads, pumping slow 808 beats and keeping it...