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Rule by Nas ft Amerie was also quite reflective of the post 9/11 political climate and the US starting the War on Terror. Coincidentally, Rule featured with the Dipset song on the Hot 97 Vol. 2 CD in 2002, which was then the most serious summer hip hop collection.
a lot of people might’ve looked at this as some edgy gimmick the group have but at the time of the attacks Juelz compared to all of his peers probably had the most nuanced take on the matter
IVE BEEN SAYING THIS. Nothing encapsulates post 9/11 NYC like Dipset. You had 7 guys in the streets of Harlem calling themselves Taliban, drug raps over the hardest heatmakerz bears you've ever heard, saying fuck the twin towers not even 2 years after they fell lmaoo
I will always maintain that the people of New York messed up BADLY by picking “Empire State of Mind” as their unofficial anthem over “Welcome to New York City”.
I get chills thinking about how powerful that song must’ve felt when it dropped mere months after 9/11
Yasser Arafat of the PLO denies involvement in the attacks and expresses disgust with them.
He personally donates blood for victims of the attacks - though the medical logistics of getting the blood to New York are almost impossible, so it’s more of a ceremonial gesture.
During a shooting of NBC’s Today in Lower Manhattan, Mr. Peanut makes a surprise appearance!
How fun - now the mascot will have the delightful experience of walking around Lower Manhattan and seeing the day through the eyeholes of his Mr. Peanut costume.