Nnamdi

palmdale, ca

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Proof and Eminem in Detroit, early 2000s.

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One of my songs. Would mean a lot if you heard it!

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breaking news

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i hope you get this

hiphop is mad important to me. i’m not just one of those random ass accounts tryna get a couple thousand followers and sell out. this is a new home. all my followers on twitter are just bots and media. have a thousand followers and get 1 like a tweet. i’m hoping all of my followers on here are real ass people that love rap as much as me. message me if you got verses or beats, i wanna hear em. for the glory

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An email from Tyler, the Creator regarding Odd Future’s first tape, ~2008

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The original picture used for the cover of Madvilliany by MF DOOM and Madlib, ~2004

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A painting of Whitney Houston’s bathroom. AKA Pusha T’s Daytona album cover, by Stéphanie Macaigne

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Q-Tip, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Zev Love X (also known as MF DOOM) in a club in LA ~1989

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The original image Chance the Rapper used for his breakout mixtape, Acid Rap.

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Mike Tyson with Tupac Shakur; they were good friends, ~1995

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J Dilla and Madlib diving for vinyls in Brazil, 2005.

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Kanye West honing his craft, ~1997.

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Nujabes and J Dilla were both born on February 7th, 1974, on opposite sides of the world. Two legendary hiphop producers, both taken from us way too early. Happy birthday to the goats 🎉