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WATCH: Hip-hop would be so different right now if it wasn’t for certain tragedies that took place between 2017 and 2020. Four years gutted hip-hop, impacting the culture for years to come. During that timespan, hip-hop experienced a wave of new stars emerging — Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, and Lil Baby. On one hand, the culture was thriving. But behind that success was a storm. In those four years, the culture lost Lil Peep in 2017, XXXTentacion and Mac Miller in 20