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The Game passes 'Best rapper from Compton' title to Kendrick Lamar on new mixtape song "Whatever"

Game initially crowned himself as the superior rapper out of Compton during a December Club Shay Shay interview.
Hip Hop Vibe on MSN

Compton’s Most Wanted’s DJ Mike T passes away

DJ Mike T of Compton’s Most Wanted Dies, West Coast Rap Mourns The West Coast hip-hop community is mourning the […] The post ...
Yahoo

17 emcees who came “Straight Outta Compton” and changed the face of Hip Hop

Compton isn’t just a line in a bar or a movie title. The Los Angeles suburb had a major part in shaping how the world hears West Coast music and how artists talk about the neighborhoods that raised ...
The Source

Today In Hip Hop History: Eazy-E’s Second And Final Solo Album ‘Str8 Off Da Streets of Muthaphukkin Compton’ Turns 30 Years Old!

Released on January 30, 1996, Str8 Off Tha Streets of Muthaphukkin Compton marked the second and final solo album from Eazy E, arriving nearly a year after his passing and standing today as a powerful ...

Compton’s Most Wanted DJ Mike T Dies, West Coast Hip-Hop Loses Icon

DJ Mike T, a founding member and producer of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s Most Wanted, died, according to close friend MC Eiht. Mike T was instrumental in shaping the sound that ...