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ON THIS DAY

October 12 in hip-hop
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MEMOIRS OF THE ELEPHANT MAN
BUSDRIVER
1999 · 27 YEARS AGO
PARALLEL UNI-VERSES
Del The Funky Homosapien
2009 · 17 YEARS AGO
I WANT IT ALL
Warren G
1999 · 27 YEARS AGO
R&B: FROM DOO-WOP TO HIP-HOP
Ol' Dirty Bastard
1999 · 27 YEARS AGO
DA BARBARIAN
Cassidy
2016 · 10 YEARS AGO
BLACK ON BOTH SIDES
Mos Def
1999 · 27 YEARS AGO

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