INTERESTING HIP HOP FACTS
Tip got fucked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight on one of his eyes. (Have you ever wondered why Q Tip wore a mask in the video for “Hot Sex” ?)
BAGGY CLOTHES WAS INTRODUCED TO HIP HOP culture BY the WEST COAST FAMILY
2pac is credited with being the first rapper to popularize tattoos in the rap community.
Hip hop Rapper Eminem was fined $20,000 for shoving an e-meter up a Scientologist’s ass, and had to attend anger management training.
First rap album to be banned as obscene As Nasty as They Wanna Be (1989).
First ALL FEMALE MC CREW was MERCEDES LADIES
First HIP HOP RADIO SHOW was MR MAGIC, WHBI FM, 1979
First Rap Grammy was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince in 1988.
First rap records were the Sugar Hill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight (1979), The Breaks (1979) and Kurtis “Blow” Walker’s Christmas Rapping (1979).
Reason why Curtis Jackson took 50 cents name was because the real 50 cent had major beef wit supremes team & had em shook during his prime
By 2006, Rap music was the second-most popular form of music in the United States.
R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but when her parents found it out she had to get it annulled.
The earliest hip hop group to receive major fame was The Herculoids which consisted of DJ Kool Herc, Coke La Rock and Clark Kent.