From Ashanti to Coolio, Meet the Fell Off All-Star Squad Posted by Nathan S. on 09/19/12 | Filed under Opinion

Hip-hop can be a fickle mistress. One minute you’re living life on top, the next you’re struggling to get people to even download your mixtape. It’s a story that’s been repeated over and over again, to the extent that I’m officially bringing together the Fell Off All-Star team.

To be clear, we’re NOT talking about one-hit wonders, so you can forget about the J-Kwons and Mims of the world. After all, you can’t fall off if you were never on top. We’re talking about people who achieved some actual, tangible success and then…...yeah, not so much anywhere.

As always, I’ll kick things off with some choice examples and then y’all can hit me up with more candidates in the comments below. Have at it people…

Index:       1. Ashanti       2. Coolio       3. Cassidy       4. Mike Jones       5. T.I.       6. DMX       7. Nelly / Ashanti / Ja Rule       8. 50 Cent       9. Lil Jon       10. T-Pain      

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