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Throughout hip-hop’s history, crews and labels have always been at the forefront. From Bad Boy and Death Row Records to prominent labels today such as Maybach Music Group and G.O.O.D. Music, some of the most iconic moments in the culture’s history have been connected to specific groups within hip-hop. The most iconic label in hip-hop’s history is arguably Roc-A-Fella Records, who from the late 1990s through the mid 2000s dominated the streets and radio on the backs of artists such as Beanie Siegel, Freeway, Cam’Ron, Kanye West, and label head Jay Z.
Last week on Wednesday, July 26, key members of the label’s history sat down with ItstheReal’s Jeff and Eric Rosenthal for a two-hour taping of the 130th episode of A Waste of Time. Kareem “Biggs” Burke, Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua, Lenny Santiago, Young Guru, Just Blaze, Freeway, Young Gunz, Jim Jones, and Chaka Pilgrim were apart of a live interview and as you can imagine, there were jewels that hadn’t been disclosed to the public before.
This week, ItstheReal uploaded the audio from the event to their SoundCloud. Here are five crazy revelations we learned from the episode, and be sure to tune in for yourself below.
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