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Songwriting

Ghostface Killah - Rapper

The heartbreaking story behind Ghostface Killah’s 1996 track ‘All That I Got Is You’

“It’s all a part of my history”.

Tiernan Cannon
Jun 17, 2026

“Blood on my dick ’cause I fucked a corpse”: when DMX rapped about necrophilia

“No remorse”.

Tiernan Cannon
Jun 7, 2026
Eminem - 2024 - Rapper

Sex and rodents: the shocking 2005 verse Eminem dedicated to gerbilling

“F-A-C-K”

Tiernan Cannon
Jun 7, 2026
J Cole - Hip Hop Hero

The 2011 song J Cole considers his “most personal”

“Look, I just shed tears, homie”.

Tiernan Cannon
Jun 5, 2026
Kool Keith - Rapper

The 1993 song Kool Keith considers the best rap song of all time

“Straight entertaining”.

Tiernan Cannon
Jun 4, 2026

The rapper who inspired Logic to speak about mental health: “It’s okay to talk”

“That dude inspired me.”

Tiernan Cannon
May 31, 2026
DMX - Spotify - Hip Hop Hero

Damien: the DMX alter ego who represented the devil

“How you gonna live when you’re in the fog?”

Tiernan Cannon
May 30, 2026
Jay-Z - Hip Hop Hero - On Stage

Fannie: the ex-girlfriend who inspired Jay-Z’s ‘Song Cry’

“I gotta make the song cry.”

Tiernan Cannon
May 28, 2026

The 2007 song Kanye West describes as “life-defining”

Messing with these drunk and hot girls…

Tiernan Cannon
May 26, 2026
Future - Hip Hop Hero

How Future accidentally inspired Drake’s ‘Started from the Bottom’

A fruitful misunderstanding.

Tiernan Cannon
May 13, 2026
Kendrick Lamar - 2024 - Not Like Us

The 1998 album that inspired Kendrick Lamar to write his first lyric

Drove him to be a rapper.

Tiernan Cannon
May 3, 2026

The Public Enemy song that Eminem tried to copy

“What we got in office now’s a kamikaze.”

Tiernan Cannon
May 2, 2026

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