There was an all-female version of N.W.A, named H.W.A (Hoez With Attitudes)
There was an all-female version of N.W.A, named H.W.A (Hoez With Attitudes) which consisted of members Jazz, Diva, and Baby Girl. The female…
Eric B. & Rakim was originally supposed to be Eric B. & Freddie Foxxx
In 1986, Eric B.—then a DJ at WBLS in New York—was looking for rappers to work with. Eric B went to Long Island and met Alvin Toney a promoter…
Salt-N-Pepa’s “Hot, Cool & Vicious” was the first gold and platinum album by a female rap group
Hot, Cool & Vicious (Released December 8, 1986) the debut album by Salt-N-Pepa, the all-female rap trio which consisted of…
Although Blondie’s “Rapture” was the first song with a rap to go No. 1, Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” was the first No. 1 rap song by a rapper
Blondie‘s genre-crossing 1981 single Rapture, went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 six weeks after her Saturday Night Live episode where…
Rappers Rapp Records was the first West Coast rap label
In 1981, Duffy Hooks III and Jerry Hooks Sr. launched the first West Coast rap label, Rappers Rapp Records. Rappers Rapp Records was founded…
Tupac was once a ballet dancer
Tupac was once a ballet dancer, he attended Baltimore School for the Arts, where he took ballet classes and played the role of the Mouse King…
“The Gigolo Rapp” by Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp was the first West Coast Rap song
“The Gigolo Rapp” (released in 1981) by Disco Daddy (Michael Khalfani) & Captain Rapp (Larry Glenn) was the first official…
“Graffiti Rock” was the first hip-hop TV show
Years before Yo! MTV Raps or Rap City hit the air, Graffiti Rock aired on June 29, 1984, on WPIX channel 11 in New York City…