Tupac Shakur in 1994 Steve Eichner/Getty Images hide caption
Gucci Mane on stage during the Gucci and Friends Homecoming Concert at Atlanta's Fox Theatre on July 22, 2016. Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Atlantic Record hide caption
Organized Noize: Organized Noize EP Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Future joined Kendrick Lamar on the Coachella stage in April. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Snoop Dogg performs at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption
"I want you to feel uncomfortable," Bambu says. "It's how I walk in the world every day." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
T-Pain and Lil Wayne are T-Wayne. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Logic's new album, Everybody, is out now. Ryan Jay/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jay Z, performing live for Tidal X in 2015, has a new touring deal to boost his bottom line. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic hide caption
Shabazz Palaces: "30 Clip Extension" Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sir Mix-a-Lot in 2016, performing in Texas as part of the "(Baby Got) Back to the 90's" concert tour. Rick Kern/WireImage hide caption
Marco Pavé puts Memphis on full blast, inequality and all, with debut LP. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Future and Amber Rose unmask in dark visual of survival and seduction. YouTube screenshot hide caption
Logic tackles race on his new album Everybody. Alex J. Etling/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chris Lighty's celebrity clients included 50 Cent and LL Cool J, who he's spotted with in 2006 at BET UpFront in New York's Manhattan Center Studios. Johnny Nunez/WireImage hide caption
Chance The Rapper, onstage in Los Angeles on August 31, 2014. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch hide caption
Kate Tempest (second from right), arm in arm with her band in the World Cafe performance studio. Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption
Kate Tempest On World Cafe
The producer Mike WiLL Made-It, whose beats can be heard on the first two singles from DAMN., the new album by Kendrick Lamar. Mary Kang/Courtesy of Universal Music Group hide caption
