On This Day in hip-hop history

May 17

(05-17)

2 hip-hop anniversaries on May 17

  1. 2015

    Chinx is shot and killed in Queens

    Lionel Pickens, the Queens-raised member of French Montana's Coke Boys, is shot multiple times in a drive-by at 84th Drive and Queens Boulevard around 4 AM. He dies at the hospital. He was 31. In 2017, Yusef Taylor is co…

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  2. 2019

    IGOR is released

    IGOR is released.

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    Today in hip-hop history — 2019: IGOR is released. https://hiphopstorian.com/timeline/moment/igor-released

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