The rap icon told fellow hip hop legend MC Lyte that he became a “monster” at speed rapping after losing a battle to Jay-Z in 1986 when they were just teenagers in high school. “He was with ...

But 48 is by no means rap’s retirement age. Genre stalwarts like Jay-Z, Eminem, Missy Elliott, the duos Black Star and Run the Jewels and even former bandmate Big Boi have found material to mine ...

The studio version of the 1996 rap song originally featured Jay-Z and Lord Tariq alongside Shaq instead of Jay-Z and Nas, as the highly publicized feud between Jay-Z and Nas would've prevented a ...