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The 2015 HipHopDX Year End Awards

Day seven of the 2015 HipHopDX Year End Awards are our picks for both "Non Hip Hop Album Of The Year" and "Collaboration Of The Year."

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Photographer Dan Garcia Recounts Shooting Kendrick Lamar

“It’s more that I’m into the things that I’m taking pictures of,” Garcia says.

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Stray Shots: Chance The Rapper, Spike Lee & The Hoopla Over "Chi-Raq"

Which one raises the better point?

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First Listen: Staff Reaction To Stitches's Game Diss "Don't Fear Death Freestyle"

If getting knocked out and losing vision in his left eye wasn’t enough, the Florida rapper sends shots on wax.

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Kanye West’s Lyrics Used To Craft “6-Step Program To Becoming God-Like & Successful"

Lyrics from Kanye West’s “Ego” and “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” are used.

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Staff Reactions To The 2016 Grammy Award Nominations

Did the coveted awards get the nominations right this time?

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Stray Shots: Stitches Catches A Fade & 50 Cent Is The Master Of Beef

Stitches finds himself on the other end of a fist and 50 Cent is still provoking Ja Rule to great affect.

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Faded With Jimmy Hu$tle: Finding Novyon

The Minneapolis rapper Finding Novyon sits in the barber's chair for this weeks episode of #Faded. Jimmy fades up the Minnesota MC backstage before he performs during Red Bull Sound Select's 30 Days in LA.

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Chilla Jones Vs. Danny Myers Among “Top 10 Rap Battles From November"

Fresco Vs. The Saurus also makes BattleRap.com's list.

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Kanye West’s “College Dropout” Inspiration Detailed By Collaborator GLC

GLC explains the genesis of “Spaceship.”

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Nicki Minaj Models Kmart Couture Collection

Nicki Minaj sports several “exquisite pieces.”

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First Listen: Staff Reactions To Both J. Cole's & Kendrick Lamar's "Black Friday" Remixes

Both emcees flex their lyrical muscles on each other's instrumentals.

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Stray Shots: The Allure Of The Andre 3000 Feature

Is Andre 3000 A Top 10 All-Time Emcee?

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Nas Protege Dave East Bringing “New York’s Gritty Streets Back”

“I can wake up in the morning and throw Cam’s S.D.E. on or some old 'Kiss, and it still sounds harder than what’s out today,” Dave East says.

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Rap & '90s Television Connection Detailed

Songs from Chance The Rapper and Joey Bada$$ are discussed.

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“Rap Nerd Quiz” Tests Hip Hop Knowledge

Do you know who played a concerned family member in the video for Public Enemy’s “911 Is A Joke”?

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2015 HipHopDX Turkey Awards

HipHopDX's 11th Annual Turkey Awards honors some of the year's biggest acts of fuckery.

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Stray Shots: Worst Platinum Selling Rapper Of The 90s

Was The Golden Era really that perfect?

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10 Alternative Beats From Producers On Billboard's 10 Best Hip Hop Beats Of All-Time List

We provide alternatives to the tracks chosen by Billboard in their list for the ten best beats in Hip Hop history.

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Hip Hop “Diluted Via Oversaturation," Article Asserts

"Rappers don’t get their work appreciated the way it should be and fans end up with a skewed definition of ‘classic’ music,” writer Bella Jay says.