Essential Rare Hip Hop Pictures Thread

[DarkmanX]

Kids, gather around. It's about that time.

Another lightweight-er

The Game, Treach & Choke No Joke @ album release party for The Documentary in NYC/NJ, ca '05

Sheek Louch, Superior (dude next to Game. DMX's old friend & ex DJ before Ruff Ryders days) & 2 other cats with The Game @ CD-signing for The Documentary in Yonkers, ca '05

Pete Rock, Kurupt & Inspectah Deck @ shooting of "Tru Master" video, ca '98

Martin Lawrence & Method Man @ the shooting of the episode Meth was in for the Martin show, ca '96

Bizzy Bone with his mom holding the Grammy that Bone Thugs won for "Crossroads", ca '97

Jay-Z, Foxy & Keith Murray with 3 other cats i believe at some party at the time they did the "Hip Hop Peace Fest" @ the Apollo, ca '97

Lil' Kim & Foxy @ some show, might be a Summer Jam judging from the poster in the crowd, ca '96-'97

The irony of this huh? Lol. Jay-Z holding a Nas cover (incl. a small 2pac pic), ca '97

Snoop, with internet's most hated - Ebro, lol. Yes, that Ebro. Ca '00

Another Ebro shot lol. Ebro (to the far left, in red) with 2 members of the original Black Eyed Peas, Will.I.Am & apl.de.ap. Ca '98

The gawds Nasir & Christopher, ca '94

Method Man (w/ Wu in the back) & Biggie performing "The What" in Philly @ the taping of "The Show", ca '94-'95

Meth & Biggie, backstage @ Summer Jam '95. Peep the news article they're holding up, about Eazy dying of Aids.

Eminem with his Wu shirt on. Not sure what year but it's definitely few years before he got on.

Jigga-man, Meth-tical & Funk Doc in NYC for Hard Knock Life tour, ca '99

Method Man & RZA in NYC, ca '93-'94

Jay-Z, Royal Flush & Mic Geronimo @ a show, '95-'96

Bizzy Bone & Mya, ca '98

The Chef & Big Dog Punisher, ca '98

"Threats i'm sending 'em/Lex with TV sets the minimum" - Nas.
Referring to this shot right here with Jay & Biggs in the Lex, ca '95-'96

 

[Skooby]

Makaveli and Kadafi:

 

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biggie and treach

 

[mson]

 

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rosie perez and ladybug mecca

 

[DarkmanX]

As usual, another lightweight-er. Gotta bulk up soon tho.

Jigga, D-O-double G & Clue at some event, ca '99

Dogg, John Singleton & Dame Grease at the same event, ca '99

U-God, Kurupt & Redman. This pic is from the Source. Forgot where, but it's either late '95 or somewhere '96

Also found in the Source. Warren, Twinz & Redman. Think this is at the release of the Twinz album, ca '95.

Biggie, Mobb Deep & crew & Mattee C at some show, ca '94-'95

Doggy Dogg & D-R in London @ a show, ca '93-'94

2pac, Richie Rich & etc. In the studio recording "Definition Of A Thug nikka" i believe. This is the time where some of you've seen
the footage of him freestyling & with Warren G (cuz he produced that track) low-key in the back. Ca '93.

Solangé (Beyoncé's sister) with her then & now fav rapper Nas, lol. Pretty sure this was ca '99

Bussa Buss, Puff & Big, ca '93

That bwoy Ciph, Nasir & JD, ca '98

Another Martin Lawrence & 2pac, between '94-'96

Pun, Cuban Link, Prodigy & Black Rob. Think Fat Joe is to the left but not seen in this version of the pic. Ca '99.

Kurupt & Foxy when they were a couple, ca '96

Gotti, Russell & Jay, behind the scenes @ video shoot for "(Always Be My) Sunshine", ca '97

Trigga Treach, Perrish Smith/PMD, 2pac, Latifah & Vinnie of Naughty By Nature, ca '91-'92

X to tha Z & Snoop right before their performance @ Source Awards '99

Some of yall might've seen another pic of this event. Here's another. Dre, 2pac, Daz, Kurupt (in the back with the white hat) & Snoopy to the right, ca '92-'93

Busta Buss, 2pac & Treach. Had to have been between '92-'93

 

[DarkmanX]

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[DarkmanX]

MC Eiht, E-40 & ODB. I forgot where this was from but i think it's from a video shoot ca '95.

Reggie, E-Dub & Murray during the release of the Def Squad album ca '98

Mac Mall & 2pac, probably when they shot that video. Ca '93

2pac, Snoop & crew at one of Snoop's court dates, ca late '95/early '96

Some dude with Ghost & Guru. Probably early to mid 00's. I'd guess between '01-'04 tho.

Fat Joe ca '93. Forgot where but possibly the Bx.

Nore & Stretch ca '96-'97

Angie Martinez out in LA @ 2pac's house doing the now sought-after interview, ca '96

2pac & Latifah with tons of fam & friends having dinner. Probably ca '93-'94

Jigga, Tah-Tah, D-Roc (the lighting kinda fukks his shot up lol) & Biggie, ca '95-'96

Pone & Nore with RZA ca '97

Reggie, Meth (in the car) & crew. Forgot where this is from. Might be at some video shoot ca '95-'96 i believe.

Trigga Treach, Outkast & crew. Homie to the left kinda lookin like Dru Down lol. Not sure what year but probably between '95-'97

B-Real & Snoop posing with homie who i believe worked for the magazine. Ca '95.

Summer Jam '99. Some of y'all have seen one pic of this where Jay is tryna learn how to throw up the "E" (which means eastside LBC & that time also for Tha Eastsidaz with Goldie Loc & Tray Deee) from Snoop lol. Same time, same place. But not only is
Snoop & Jay here but also Dame & Tray Deee. Ca '99.

Same time, same place again. Busta & Jay ca '99.

DMX came thru for the "Lights, Camera, Action" video shoot in Miami (i think) for Mr. Cheeks of Lost Boyz to show love. Don't even think he was in or seen in the video tho. Ca '01.

Angie Martinez with Nore, ca '98

Another Treach & Eazy shot. Ca '93.

 

[Barnett114]

The game ain't the same no more

 

[DarkmanX]

Shoutout to the future nikkaz that'll steal & claim some pics on Instagram, Tumblr etc tho, i see ya

A lil' bulk-up time..

Kurupt & 2pac. Not sure where this is, but looks like @ a CD-signing. Around late '95-'96

Craig Mack & Biggie during their "Big Mack" promo run. In Long Beach @ VIP Records. Yall see the date, '94.

Hammer posing wit some chicks, Suge & Snoop in the back with his afro just coolin. Forgot where this was from but i suspect it was at some award show or just an event. Ca late '93-'94

Meth-tical @ a show. Forgot where but i think it was by some university or some shyt. Definitely not sure about that tho. Ca '94

50 & some of his team in Southside Jamaica, Queens. Think this was when he shot the documentary that followed his Get Rich Or Die Tryin' album. Ca '02-'03

Snoop & 2pac taking flix with some kids. This is the same place they took that other pic with Daz, Kurupt & Johnny J. Again, yall see the date, '96

Chuck D. Just look at this flick yall. Legendary emcee and the crowd of our ppls. That shyt shivers. Forgot where this was at but could've been in Harlem or something.
Definitely somewhere in NY tho. Ca late 80's.

2pac, i believe doing some charity performance. Y'all see the Panthers flag & the "Free Geronimo" sign. Ca '93-'94.

2pac with 2 lil' homies. Not sure if they're artists or not & if it's a video or not. But ca '93-'94

D-R, Rage, Jewell & Doggy Dogg. I think this pic actually ended up in the Source. Don't quote me but it could've been in Hawaii actually when they did some shows. Ca '94

Doggy Dogg, Warren G-izzle & Kurupt with the rest of their homies playing dice & all..y'know, the usual. Ca '94

RUFF RYDERS! Ruff Ryders in i believe Cancun. Ca summer '98

Another one

Same time, same place. Only here is 3 chix, 1 homie & obviously Kiss.

Dog-man & William H. @ Apollo before their 3rd album releases about to perform. Ca mid-late '99.

From left to right; Joe Cool (Snoop's cousin who did the cover), Daz, Nate, Hammer, Kurupt & Snoopy. Ca '93-'94

2pac, Yo-Yo & Cube. Celebrating either Cube's or Yo-Yo's birthday or release of an album. Ca '91-'92

Redman & 1 of the photographers of the "Muddy Waters" shoot. Ca '96

Meth with some homegirls @ the Wu-store holding up his Grammy (i believe) for the "All I Need (Ill Be There For You)" with Mary. Ca early '96.

Chef & Starks, just chillin'. Ca '96-'97

 

[DarkmanX]

Ice Cube & some fan/DJ. Ca '92

Dogg Pound & Sam Sneed, behind the scenes of "What Would You Do" video. They did 2 videos for that. But this is where you got Rage, Snoop & Dre in it too. Ca '94-'95

Doggy Dogg, Joe Cool (Snoop's cuz) & Daz. After Chronic but before Doggystyle. Ca '93.

Y'all probably came across this pic before. Was in the Source too. Biggie, Naughty, Onyx & JMJ. Ca '93

Run DMC when they came back out, with Snoop backstage @ the taping of "The Show" in Philly. Winter '94-'95

2pac. Forgot when & who he with but looks like he working for a radio station. Might be at some video shoot, maybe the original California Love? Dont know. But ca '96

Poetess (Old Hip-Hop heads & Foxxhole/Reach Around Radio/Roll Out Show know who she is) in Snoop's house with Snoop, Techniec, Bad Azz, Daz,
Soopafly & things like that. Ca '96

Dog-man, Nas & some of the other cats @ the shooting of "Belly". Ca '98

Another one. Darkman, some make-up lady & Nasir behind the scenes of Belly. Ca '98

Powerful photo (no pun). Forgot who dunn to the left is, but aint he an actor? Regardless, another
X, Nas & also added here is Power from Wu. Ca '98

Reggie & Mase, ca '97

King Tee & Biggie. Y'all remember the talk back then? nikkas was saying Biggie sounded alot like King Tee. But ca '94

Juvie, Beanie Mac & B.G., ca '00-'01

Nas, Bushwick Bill & Karl Kani. Not sure what year. Looks like '94-'96 tho.

Steele of Smif-N-Wessun/Cocoa Bruvaz & Raekwon @ the video shoot for "Black Trump", ca '98

Chef, Ghost & Havoc, in studio for i believe "Right Back At You", ca 95.

Meth, Xzibit, Ras Kass & Redman. The talent pool in this pic is bananas. Ca '98

Not a rare moment obviously, but a rare shot at least. Biggie when he accepted one of his awards @ the Source awards '95

Treach & his then lady Pepa. Ca '96-'97

Eminem & Proof. Ca '98-'99

 

[DarkmanX]

Just a bunch of random 2pac & Snoop pictures steaming from late '95-mid '96

Incl. Hammer there too. Think they took a trip somewhere during this time.

Same time, same place as above pic. With some kids. 2pac is standing to Snoop's left btw, with glasses on.

2pac @ i believe one of his shows or something. Talking to 2 ladies. Don' know the year but it's either '94 or '96

Nas & Ruff Ryders in-house producer P.K. outside the Powerhouse Studio (Ruff Ryders studio) in Yonkers, ca '98- early '99

Sticky Fingaz during the Survival Of The Illest tour days, ca '98

Darkman in the stu around the time he finished up "It's Dark And Hell Is Hot". In NY somewhere, ca '98

S-P & Kiss were there that time too, ca '98

One of my fav X pics lol. Cruddy with the dog & all. Backstage @ one of the Survival Of The Illest tour shows, ca '98

Rae & Buckshot, ca '98

Random as hell lol. But Ghost & JD, ca '98 i believe

Snoop & Raekwon. I believe in NYC. Ca '99.

Joe (singer), Joey Crack, Pun, Tek of Smif-N-Wessun/Cocoa Brovaz & Guru, @ the shoot for "Still Not A Player" ca '98

Prodigy, Pone & Joe. I believe around '00, after Pone got out.

Yall see who. Snoop, Nate, fine ass Ananda Lewis & forgot my man to the left name. Around '96 tho.

Jay, Luda & Lyor. Around '01-'02

Outkast & Goodie Mob. Forgot when & where this at, but i suspect it's around '98-'00

Ironman over there in his Avirex jacket, so this is probably around '97-'98 lol

 

[DarkmanX]

Still ain't done witchu nikkaz..

Meth & Red, i believe at the "Conart" building. Ca '94

Another photo of artists @ either Cube/Yo-yo's birthday/release party ca '91-'92.
Here you see 2pac, Del The Funkee Homosapian (which i think is Cube's cousin) & Prince Paul. Not sure about the other homie tho, could be one of the other members of Stetsasonic.

Lost Boyz, Dogg Pound & Canibus, @ the video shoot for "Music Makes Me High" ca '96

Pone & Nore during the time of their debut album, ca '97

ODB just coolin with some random fan, ca '97

2-1-3, LBC thang y'know. Snoop, Warren, Nate & Daz. Ca '94

Yall see who, Jigga-man, Dash, Biggs (i think) & 2 other dudes & 2 broads. I believe shooting a video. Forgot which tho. Ca late '97-'99

"Styles P/nikka i aint NOTHIN but street". Holiday with the Ruff Ryder shirt, leather coat & white Ruff Ryders bandana just taking a flick with a girl around '98-'99

Nas, y'all see what the pic says. At some party around '98

Biz Markie & Dogg, ca '96-'97

Gary Payton, Butler (one of X's handlers at the time) & X himself. During the release of Flesh Of My Flesh.. & birthday party, ca Dec '98

2pac & Jada when he was locked up. Ca '95

2pac when he was locked up & the girl he actually married while inside, if yall remember that. Ca '95

Another pic

LL & Jay. I remember that time there was also (& still has been) rumors of them not really getting along. I forgot which year this was but it was either
during the release of one of LL's album - either "Phenomenon" or just a flick. So it's probably in late '97 somewhere

Kool G Rap & Nas @ the video shoot for "Fast Life" ca '95

Biggie & Common ca '94-'95

Random ass pic lol. Believe this is for when U-God was locked up around '92

The Game, his brother Fase & Compton family during the funeral for Billboard/4 Bent ca '04

Ras Kass, Method Man & etc. Ca '94-'95