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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 ...

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Cole appears to address bowing out of his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar.

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

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