https://rapchive.com/ Each day: the hip-hop news that broke on this date, 1997–2019, straight from the archive. en Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://rapchive.com/news/snoop-dogg-unleashes-no-limit-debut/ https://rapchive.com/news/snoop-dogg-unleashes-no-limit-debut/#otd-2026 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Free at last from Death Row Records, the artist formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg seems to be experiencing something of a rebirth. Not only has Snoop changed his name by dropping the "Doggy" since leaving his old label, but his new album, Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, which debuted… https://rapchive.com/news/beastie-boys-hello-nasty-goes-platinum/ https://rapchive.com/news/beastie-boys-hello-nasty-goes-platinum/#otd-2026 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sales of the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty forged past the 1 million sales mark this week, earning them a platinum award, a third week at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and an ego boost as they begin their trek across America to support the album. According to SoundScan, 244,000 more people… https://rapchive.com/news/rap-lyrics-lead-to-arrest-in-unsolved-va-murder/ https://rapchive.com/news/rap-lyrics-lead-to-arrest-in-unsolved-va-murder/#otd-2026 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Rap lyrics may have been the break police in Newport News, Va., needed to solve a double murder from 2007. Police in the southern Virginia town arrested Antwain Steward, 22, on July 9 after receiving a tip that the rapper had made a song in which investigators believe he describes committing two…