MC Lyte was the first female rapper signed to a major label
Lana Michelle Moorer Aka MC Lyte was the first female rapper signed to a major label at the age of 17. Mc Lyte’s 1988 debut album…
Run-D.M.C.’s “King of Rock” was the first rap album to be released on CD
Run-D.M.C.’s second studio album “King of Rock” was released in January 21, 1985 by Profile Records. King of Rock was produced by Russell…
1580 KDAY AM, Los Angeles was the first Hip-Hop radio station
Los Angeles radio station, KDAY 1580-AM was the first hip-hop radio station. KDAY disc jockey Steve Woods played The Sugarhill Gang‘s…
LL Cool J’s mom used her tax refund money to fund his Demo
LL Cool J‘s mom, Ondrea Griffith, saw how depressed he became after his earlier demo recordings kept being rejected by labels, so she…
The term “Hip-Hop” first appeared in print on September 21st, 1982
The term “Hip-Hop” first appeared in print on September 21st, 1982 in a profile of Afrika Bambaataa written by Steven Hager in The Village…
Jay-Z shot his older brother when he was 12
Growing up in Brooklyn’s Marcy projects, the first, and only time, Jay-Z ever shot someone was when he confronted his older brother…
Dr. Dre was in a group called World Class Wreckin Cru before he was in N.W.A.
In the early ’80s, Dr. Dre was in a group called World Class Wreckin Cru before he was in N.W.A.. World Class Wreckin’ Cru was…
ABC News 20/20 presented the first national television coverage of Hip-Hop
In July 1981, Eight years after DJ Kool Herc’s party in the Bronx which marked the birth of Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop, “the overnight…