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onOctober 2, 2019

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…

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RBX gave Snoop Dogg a ride to a studio session with Dr. Dre and ended up being featured on The Chronic

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onOctober 2, 2019

RBX gave Snoop Dogg a ride to a studio session with Dr. Dre and ended up being featured on “The Chronic”

In 1992, Snoop Dogg needed a ride to a studio session with Dr. Dre. Snoop Dogg’s cousin, RBX, gave him a ride and ended up being…

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Wu Tang Clan’s ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ was the first hip hop album to go No. 1 in the UK

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onOctober 2, 2019

Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ was the first Hip-Hop album to go No. 1 in the UK

Wu-Tang Clan’s summer 1997 sophomore album ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ was the first hip-hop album to go No. 1 in the UK on June 14, 1997. The album was…

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onOctober 2, 2019

2Pac was the first artist to have a No. 1 album while serving a prison sentence with “Me Against the World”

While 2Pac was incarcerated at Rikers Island for first-degree sexual abuse, on March 14, 1995, he released his third album Me Against the…

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onOctober 2, 2019

Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was the first hip-hop album to win Album Of The Year at the Grammys

The night of the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999, Lauryn Hill was nominated in 10 categories and she took home five Grammy awards, including…

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2Pac was the first rapper to have two No. 1 albums in the same year

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onOctober 1, 2019

2Pac was the first rapper to have two No. 1 albums in the same year

2Pac was the first rapper to have two No. 1 albums in the same year with his album, All Eyes on Me (1996) and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day…

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is the only group to work with 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while they were still alive

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onOctober 1, 2019

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is the only group to work with 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while they were still alive

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are the only group to work with 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while all four were still alive. Bone…

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Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg and Warren G were once in a local rap group called 213

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onSeptember 30, 2019

Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg and Warren G were once in a local rap group called 213

Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, and Warren G were once in a local rap group named 213, which was L.A.’s original telephone area code. The rap trio…

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