Words by Landon A.

Every year, Hip-Hop artists unleash new and exciting trends upon the masses last year it was rapping about coke, the year before that it was Flavor Flav (don’t front, you know you watched the first season of Flavor of Love) and now this year we see a trend circulating within the music industry itself: retirement…or at least the threat thereof.

Rappers who have threatened to retire this year:

Saigon

Jean Grae

Lupe Fiasco

The Game

Rappers who have actually retired (thus far): 0

As you may remember Jay-Z faked his own retirement in 2003 in the hopes of busting heads in the corporate world. Now, after triumphantly returning to the game, releasing two albums and inking a $150 million deal with Live Nation, Hov proves nothing pays better than (kind of) retiring.

So why are these other rappers keeping Hip-Hop heads drooling in suspense? Read the rest of this entry »