200 issues and not one public feud with Eminem or Dr Dre, or at least not that we're aware of. Yep, the wonderful Hip Hop Connection celebrates its 200th issue next month with a 204 page special edition taking in some of the stars of the genre that have graced its pages over the years, including Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Eminem and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Not forgetting homegrown hip hop names, there's also the first instalment of what HHC is calling "an authoritative UK old school rap roundtable", which this time features Rodney P, Cookie (Cookie Crew), Overlord X, Aroe (First Down) and Dave Pearce (the latter because the Radio 1 DJ provided the voice that announces the start of Public Enemy's classic album 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back').
The 200th issue, cover dated May, is out on 6 Apr. Press info from [email protected]