Things in hip hop that are so forgotten they feel retconned

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Essayist Dream Hampton relationship to Jay Z.
Ghostwrote his autobiography Decoded. Wrote the unreleased Black Book.

Informs some of his more conscious philanthropic endeavors.

Also she Jay Z has domated to BLM way back and bail funds way back then quietly.
 

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Jay Z failed endeavor with Ford.
In the unauthorized biography of Jay Z
Ford was supposed to come out with "Jay Z blue" Ford automobile (SUV?)t9his was a response the Snoop Deville collab from Cadillac.

Hints of the the. Upcoming Ford collabs was the Jay Z and Jeezy song when Jay Z " "my favorite hue, Jay Z blue"
The deal came though because of a miscalculation of the consumer
A consumer would not be enticed pay extra money to buy a automobile only because of a special color without extra features.
 
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Nelly pimp juice energy drink
I actually got a Pimp Juice baseball cap with the Nelly autograph:lolbron:
Friend of a friend clears out homes of deceased people for a living and came up with an insane amount of Nelly stuff a few years back
 

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Dej Loaf (who is of East African descent) old racist tweets toward native black Amricans. Using racial slurs.

She never really got a real consequential backlash for that.

It's like it didn't even happen and artist worked with her anyway.
Her career didn’t last long enough for anyone to care
 

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"Liknuts". The group composed of Tha Liks and The Beatnuts. They dropped one single like 10 years ago and were never heard from again.

Was hyped for this.

Unrelated but the whole "backpack" era almost seems like it never happened. Not only Rawkus records, but alos the more left-field Def Jux, Swollen Members, Anticon, all of them.
 

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The period in time when people realistically expected Detox & I Can't Feel My Face to be released.

Whatever group that was (The Cool Kids i think?) around '06-'07 that first brought back the hi-top fades, and late eighties clothes.

Rick Ross sounding like a bootleg Young Jeezy when he first blew up.

Young Jeezy sounding like a bootleg Trick Daddy when he first came out.

Headphones as a fashion accessory when Beats by Dre came out and every rapper or entertainer had a knockoff version.
 

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August till December of 2001 had enough hip hop lore in those few months than the past couple of years

Aaliyah’s Death
Jay Z dropping the blueprint on 9/11
Nas and Jay beef
Jadakiss and Beanie beef
Jigga, Ludacris, Jadakiss, Neptune’s, Wu-Tang, Nas, Timbaland and Magoo, DMX all dropping albums during that span.
 
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