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Mixtape - Guess Who's Back: When Street Tapes Launched Superstars

Mixtape - Guess Who's Back: When Street Tapes Launched Superstars

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Host Lenny Vaughn examines how 50 Cent's 2002 mixtape "Guess Who's Back?" revolutionized hip-hop after major labels blacklisted him. The episode explores how DJ Clue, Kay Slay, and street-level distribution networks bypassed traditional gatekeepers, turning burned CDs into career launchpads and proving the mixtape economy could override mainstream industry power structures.

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