The Shady Business of Posthumous Albums

Hip-hop has a longstanding tradition of honoring rappers who’ve passed on and keeping their name alive through songs, interviews and murals around the world. Seen as a way to celebrate their contributions to the game rather than define them by the cause of their death, it’s this commitment to paying homage that means younger fans are made aware of Tupac & Biggie long before diving into their back-catalog. However, when record companies & the execs of their estates begin to artificially add new projects to their discography without any direction from the fallen artist themselves, things can turn sour.

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Narrated by: Pro (@ProTheGoat)
Written by: Robert Blair
Edited by: Roman Bill
Music by: @nk music & @Yondo

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