Kanye West auditioned for Will Ferrell’s movie Semi-Pro but lost the role to Andre 3000
Kanye West auditioned for Will Ferrell’s 2008 movie Semi-Pro but he lost the role to Andre Benjamin—Also known as— Andre 3000. Kanye did…
D12 passed on the beat for 50 Cent’s “In da Club”
The beat for 50 Cent‘s hit single In da Club was originally given to D12 for the 8 Mile soundtrack, but the Detroit group…
The bear on the cover of Kanye West’s first three albums was named Dropout
The bear on the cover of Kanye West’s first three albums, 2004’s College Dropout, 2005’s Late Registration, and 2007’s…
DMX is the first rapper to have his first five albums debut at No. 1
DMX‘s first five albums It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, … And Then There Was X, The Great…
“Hey Ya” by OutKast was the first song on iTunes to reach one million downloads
Steve Jobs and Apple launched iTunes on January 9, 2001, A couple years after that, OutKast released their Grammy winning No. 1 single Hey Ya!…
Pharrell gave Pusha T 15 minutes to get to the studio to record over the “Grindin’” beat or it was going to Jay-Z
In a 2012 interview with Life + Times to celebrate the then tenth anniversary of Clipse‘s major label debut album Lord…
Kanye West directed the music video for Drake’s first single ‘Best I Ever Had’
Drake‘s “Best I Ever Had” music video, The basketball-themed music video, which featured a busty female basketball team…
Lil Wayne said Drake’s music “sucked” when he first heard it and told Jas Prince to stop playing it
While in College, Jas Prince stumbled across Drake‘s music on MySpace and was immediately impressed, to the point he introduced him to…