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Don Dubb’s “Loved Ones”: A West Coast Funk Odyssey
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WCS Exclusive Hip Hop Turns 50 (Part 1) #HH50
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Comptons’ Wallie the Sensei drops new visual “I SWEAR”
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New Music Single “Lenguas” Ignites the Hip-Hop Scene with Latin Heat
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Laaawwd’s “Cabin Crew” Dominates Dubai’s Music Scene
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DJ Sammy B: Still Keepin’ It Jungle #HH50
Releasing their heralded group debut, Straight out the Jungle, an eclectic fusion of Jazz, Hip Hop and House, in July 1988, the Jungle Brothers,
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DJ Mighty Mi: Audio Pleasure #HH50
As one half of Philadelphia, PA, based Hip Hop duo, The High & Mighty [alongside Mr. Eon], DJ Mighty Mi, née Milo Berger, is
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Sir Veterano: Leading By Example #HH50
Growing up outside of San Francisco, Hip Hop producer Sir Veterano had been making a name for himself throughout the mid 2000s into the
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Slimm Calhoun: Staying Consistent & Creative #HH50
Initially signed to OutKast’s Aquemini Records in ‘94, solo MC / now Dungeon Family alum, Slimm Cutta Calhoun, who hails from College Park, GA,
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Craig “Doodlebug” Irving, a.k.a. Cee Knowledge [Digable Planets]: Still Cool Like Dat #HH50
Formed in 1987, and comprised of members Craig “Doodlebug” Irving, Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler and Mariana “Ladybug Mecca” Vieira, Philly based Hip Hop collective Digable
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Domino: Back To The Music #HH50
St. Louis, Missouri, born / Long Beach, California, raised rapper-singer-producer Domino, née Shawn Ivy, dropped his gold certified self titled debut, which spawned a
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Cookie Pryce [Cookie Crew]: Hip Hop Rules The World #HH50
Formed in 1983, Clapham, South London based Hip Hop duo, Cookie Crew, comprised of MC Remedee [née Debbie Pryce] and Susie Q [née Susan
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Hakim Green [Channel Live]: Growing Up Hip Hop #HH50
Discovered by The Blastmaster, KRS-One himself, East Orange, New Jersey‘s own Hakim Green and Vincent “Tuffy” Morgan, collectively known as Channel Live, are largely
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Kool Moe Dee: Revolutionary #HH50
Having initially gained fame as a member of pioneering Hip Hop collective the Treacherous Three, Mohandas ‘Kool Moe Dee’ Dewese would later go on
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Necro: Music Soothes The Savage Beast #HH50
Native Brooklyn, New York, rapper / producer Ron ‘Necro’ Braunstein initially founded his own indie imprint, Psycho+Logical-Records, in November ‘99, with his official solo