Run DMC’s music video for “It’s Tricky” features a cameo of Penn and Teller
Penn and Teller starred in Run DMC’s music video for “It’s Tricky” Run DMC‘s music video for “It’s…
Hip-Hop was originally called “Disco Rap”
Hip-Hop music was originally called “Disco Rap” Before the music genre, we all love today was called Hip-Hop or Rap, Hip-Hop music was…
Ice Cube was in a group called Stereo Crew before he was in N.W.A.
Before he was in N.W.A., Ice Cube was in a group called Stereo Crew, a trio that featured K-Dee, Sir Jinx, and Ice Cube himself. Stereo Crew…
The FBI sent Ruthless Records a warning letter in response to N.W.A’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ album content
1989: The F.B.I. vs Compton’s N.W.A. It’s no surprise musically, N.W.A. is a controversial gangsta rap group. On August 9, 1988,…
RZA, GZA, and ODB were in a group called All in Together Now before Wu-Tang Clan
In the mid-1980s, years before Wu–Tang Clan was founded, Cousins GZA (then known as the Genius), RZA (then known as…
Run-D.M.C. helped the Beastie Boys write “Paul Revere”
Run-D.M.C. helped The Beastie Boys write the third single from their debut album, 1986’s, “Paul Revere.” As listed in Licensed to…
Tone Loc’s debut album ‘Loc-ed After Dark’ was the first solo No. 1 rap album
Tone Loc‘s debut album Loc-ed After Dark, which was released on January 23, 1989, under Delicious Vinyl, was the first solo…
Kanye West lived in China for a year at the age of 10 years old
Back in 1987, a then 10-year-old Kanye West lived in China for a year with his mother, Donda West, while she taught at Nanjing…