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Hip Hop Is Dead is the eighth studio album by American rapper Nas, released December 19, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings. His first album for the label, it was co-financed by Nas's previous label, Columbia Records , which once distributed for Def Jam.
"Hip Hop Is Dead" is the first and title single taken from Nas' 2006 album of the same name. It is produced by and features will.i.am . It peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, [ 1 ] as well as number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Tentatively called Hip Hop Is Dead...The N, [52] Hip Hop Is Dead was a commentary on the state of hip-hop and featured "Black Republican", a hyped collaboration with Jay-Z. [13] The album debuted on Def Jam and Nas new imprint at that label, The Jones Experience, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 355,000 copies—Nas's third number ...
So when 9th Wonder, the famed music producer, teacher, DJ and hip-hop historian tweeted that it was time for an adult contemporary category in hip-hop, he was echoing a thought and conversation ...
Chuck D famously rapped “our freedom of speech is freedom or death” on Public Enemy’s 1989 single “Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most powerful anthems. Thirty-five years later ...
Iconic photographer Chi Modu has passed away at 54. Modu is known for taking images of hip hop’s most legendary... View Article The post Chi Modu, iconic hip hop photographer, dead at 54 ...
Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some reasons cited for the high homicide rate include poor background of many artists, criminal gang activity, drug use, and inadequate pastoral care among artists and record labels.
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] and Caribbean Americans [3] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black and Caribbean American street culture, [5] [6] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery. [7]