Jodeci's iconic track "Love U 4 Life"  almost saw a remix featuring the Queen Bee herself, Lil' Kim. However, plans for the collaboration never came to fruition, thanks to objections from The Notorious B.I.G. and Sean "Puffy" Combs. The controversy stemmed from Jodeci's association with Suge Knight during the infamous East Coast/West Coast hip-hop feud. Despite being initially signed to Uptown Records under Puffy's mentorship, Jodeci maintained a complex relationship with the Death Row...

Before he became one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, Will Smith  had a serious money problem. Long before the blockbuster films, Grammy wins, and global fame, the young rapper-turned-actor was drowning in IRS debt. In the late 1980s, Smith rose to fame as part of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince . While they scored hits and even won a Grammy, Smith admits he didn’t handle his money wisely. Lavish spending and poor financial management left him owing the IRS a reported $2.8...

The story of Tupac Shakur’s death has remained one of hip-hop’s greatest tragedies and unsolved mysteries. At the center of the controversy stands one name that has surfaced repeatedly: Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson , a member of the Southside Compton Crips. On the night of September 7, 1996, Tupac was brutally gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Just hours earlier, he had been involved in a physical altercation inside the MGM Grand Hotel. The man on the receiving end of...