While a lot of hip hop songs we hear on the radio today are all about the turn up, there is of course, a dark side to the genre as well. Not everything is about being flashy and living the good life, as rappers go through their own trials and tribulations, which many put into their music.
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Check out 12 of the most depressing hip hop tracks on the following pages.
Nas – “Heaven”
Source: Columbia Records
Nas’ God’s Son album was made in the midst of his dark time, and while the song to his mother, “Dance” was a tearjerker, “Heaven” had everyone questioning their lives and the choice to go to heaven today.
Nas – “Heaven”
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The track came towards the end of the darker rap album, which reflected on the hardship that Nas faced after the death of his mother.
