14 years ago today, Freddie Gibbs was gifted an AK-47 while touring in Moscow, Russia 🇷🇺 (2012) "When I got to Russia, they straight gave me an AK-47, and I was like, what am I gonna do with this? I don't wanna get caught with this, go to no Russian jail. And they was like no, no, no, you Gangsta Gibbs, you need to have this. So cuz I'm Gibbs, they just felt like I just needed an AK-47 with me at all times and I was like, okay, cool."

DaBaby freestyles over The Game & 50 Cent’s “Hate It or Love It” on Hot 97 with Funk Flex, 4 years ago today 😮‍💨 (2022)

Happy birthday to Wheezy, he turns 34 today 🎈 What’s your favorite Wheezy beat?

33 years ago today, Shaquille O’Neal released his debut album ‘Shaq Diesel’ 🏀 (1993) It peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200 and went Platinum, making Shaq the only NBA player in history with a Platinum album 📊 Features include Phife Dawg, Erick Sermon & more 👥 Favorite track on this project? How has it aged? 💭

22 years ago today, JAY-Z & R. Kelly released their second collab album ‘Unfinished Business’ 💿 (2004) It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 215k first-week sales 📊 Features include Twista, Foxy Brown, Slick Rick, Memphis Bleek & Doug E. Fresh 👥 Favorite track on this project? How has it aged? 💭

Happy birthday to ScHoolboy Q, he turns 40 today 🎈

G Herbo freestyles on Power 106 with the LA Leakers, 4 years ago today 😮‍💨 (2022)

24 years ago today, Paid in Full (2002) premiered in theaters 🎬

Pimp C & Slim Thug during the Trae tha Truth “In the Hood” music video shoot, 20 years ago today 📸 (2006)

32 years ago today… Nas — One Love (feat. Q-Tip) [1994]

7 years ago today, Kanye West’s IMAX film ‘JESUS IS KING’ premiered in theaters 🎬 (2019)

Kendrick Lamar’s 5 Fingers of Death freestyle on Sway in the Morning, 15 years ago today 📹 (2011)

21 years ago today… Lil Wayne — Fireman (2005)

Juice WRLD & Young Thug filming the “Bad Boy” music video with Cole Bennett, 7 years ago today 🍋 (2019)

4 years ago today, Adidas terminated its Yeezy deal with Kanye West effective immediately 🚫 (2022) The split wiped $1.5 billion off his net worth in a single day, dropping him from $2 billion to $400 million on Forbes.

16 years ago today… Rihanna — What’s My Name (2010)

41 years ago today, Kush Groove (1985) premiered in theaters 🎬

Dave East & Styles P freestyle back & forth for 7 minutes on Hot 97 with Funk Flex, 8 years ago today 🔥 (2018)

7 years ago today, Ski Mask the Slump God & Juice WRLD released the “Nuketown” music video (2019)

7 years ago today, LUCKI released his eleventh EP ‘Days B4 III’ 💸 (2019) Favorite track on this project? How has it aged? 💭