On This Day in 2025, This Legendary East Coast Hip-Hop Duo Reunited for Their First Album in 16 Years
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On This Day in 2025, This Legendary East Coast Hip-Hop Duo Reunited for Their First Album in 16 Years
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It was understood for a long time that Pusha T’s brother Malice was done with music. He’d given his life to God and wouldn’t indulge in the same kind of secular kingpin music Clipse thrived in. After Til The Casket Drops came out in 2009, Malice left it all behind, whereas Pusha T went solo.
It wasn’t until 2019 that the pair reunited on Kanye West’s “Use This Gospel” off Jesus Is King. Still, it was an album centered around Christianity. Even if Malice had softened his stance over the years, it wasn’t promised that he would go back to the well that made him and his brother stars. By 2023, though, “Chains & Whips” came out, a marked departure from the Christian rap he was previously making. When prompted about an album, he smirked and denied that they........
