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Since its beginnings, hip-hop’s most explosive moments have often been its collaborations between the genre’s biggest stars. When two rappers team up—unexpected or not—the results are compelling in a way no other genre has ever captured. Rappers know this: grabbing a feature from a big name artist can make an up-and-comer’s career, and when A-list stars decide to hop in the booth together, the results are attention-grabbingeven when they don’t quite work. And when they do work, the best thing to do is just keep getting in that studio together. When artists collaborate frequently they develop a kind of alchemy—everything they’re on together becomes more than the sum of its parts—which is why when you see, say Drake and Future next to each other on a tracklist, you know it’s going to result in something special. It’s those connections—the rappers who keep working on each other—that make rap such a dynamic, versatile genre. These are the best unofficial duos (and one trio) that produce nothing but the best when together.
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Kameron Hay 