With so many dead rappers and so many anniversaries to remember we get confused as to who died when. To complicate matters Big Pun and Big L died just a week apart. So to make life easier we’ve thrown ‘em all into one big dead rapper pot, gave it a stir and created our own [...]

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We’re not being late on this, we were just waiting for our boy Andrew Emery to write this entry for The Guardian. Needless to say it’s a terrible loss. We’re sure most people who read Fat Lace, especially those from the U.K. will appreciate Derek B played a significant part in our mid-eighties hop-hop education.
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Check this all star line up who came together to remember Sir Juice. The audio says it all. R.I.P.
MR. MAGIC TRIBUTE(f. BDK,MC Shan,Craig G,Roxanne Shante,Biz,TJ Swan)

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Not many DJ’s can claim to have been name checked by Biggie and Nas on record and with that said it was incredibly sad to hear the legendary radio personality Mr. Magic aka Sir Juice passed on October 2nd 2009. As active fans of hip-hop since the early 80’s, here at Fat Lace we can [...]

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Some of the biggest names in hip-hop gathered in Las Vegas to pay tribute to DJ AM last week… (more after the jump)

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Sorry if we’re a little late in relaying our condolences to DJ AM’s friends and family but we were waiting for a more personal photo rather than googling some library shot. Fat Lace homie stromie DJ Mighty Mi of The High & Mighty just sent us this. AM’s contribution to Hip-Hop culture and the art [...]

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Yup, we’re still missing Tony D. And we’re really missing Milk D putting out new music. Mr Depula got Milk in for the video shoot of this Crusaders for Real Hip-Hop classic. Enjoy…

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One of our mans has snuck a Tony D tribute onto The Guardian’s blog. Something for them to read after they’ve finished reading about Alexander Chancellor’s latest sojourn in Tuscany and Zoe Williams banging on inanely about her next fucking baby. Of course, the comments of some of their users are more useless than some [...]

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We just heard legendary producer Anthony Depula aka Tony D died in a tragic car accident. The full news report can be found HERE. More information and a full obituary coming shortly. Read our recent and last ever interview with the legendary hip-hop figure HERE.
A heartfelt R.I.P. to a man that help shaped the direction [...]

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Our second BIG post today is dedicated to the Devil’s Son. He was sadly killed ten years ago and if The Guardian thinks Biggie was bad, they’d have a field day with L Corleone’s lyrics. Rather than a load of posthumous musings we’d like to give you a treat, L’s first 12″ in all it’s [...]

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