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  • Guru was born on July 16

    Guru was born on July 16

    When was Guru born? Guru was born on July 16.

    Guru was born on July 16, 1961, in the Roxbury area of Boston, MA. Keith Edward Elam aka Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal was one half of the rap duo Gang Starr. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and moved to New York where he met DJ Premier on Wild Pitch records. He was known for his insightful, philosophical rhymes and monotone flow.

    Jazzmatazz Vols 1-4 were rap jazz albums produced by Guru outside of Gang Starr. They featured jazz artists like Ramsey Lewis and Herbie Hancock with rappers like The Roots and neo-soul singers Erykah Badu.

    In 2010, Guru passed away from a heart attack following a surgical procedure. He was in a coma for some time and according to his family, never regained consciousness.

  • Saigon was born on July 13

    Saigon was born on July 13

    When was Saigon born? Saigon was born on July 13.

    Brian Daniel Carenard aka Saigon is an underground legend. His album The Greatest Story Never Told dropped in 2011 after a long and bitter feud with Atlantic Records. He had a recurring role on HBO’s Entourage and has worked with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and other A-List rappers. He’s African American and Haitian.

    Saigon went to jail in the late ’90s and picked up rap while inside. He was released in 2000 and got signed to Atlantic but creative differences prevented the release of his album. He is now signed to Strange Music, home of Tech N9ine.

  • Lil Kim was born on July 11

    Lil Kim was born on July 11

    When was Lil Kim born? Lil Kim was born on July 11

    Kimberly Denise Jones aka Lil Kim was born in NYC in 1974. She is best known for her work with Notorious B.I.G. and Bad Boy Records. She is from Brooklyn and got into rap as part of Junoir M.A.F.I.A. and released her solo debut Hard Core in 1996.

    Kim’s worked with Diddy, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Da Brat, and more. In 2005 she served a year in jail for perjury charges. She has become more involved in fashion over the years and is still active as a rapper. More recently she’s worked with Fabolous, Faith Evans, and Remy Ma.

    She is known as the Queen Bee and is also given the title “Queen of Rap” as well. In 2019 she was honored with the I Am Hip Hop Award at the BET Hip Hop Honors.

  • Jaden Smith was born on July 8

    Jaden Smith was born on July 8

    When was Jaden Smith born? Jaden Smith was born on July 8

    Jaden was born in Malibu in 1998. He’s the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and brother to Williow Smith. He got his start in acting and turned to music after starring alongside his father in The Pursuit of Happiness and After Earth. He started rapping in 2013 and released the album Syre in 2017. The follow-up Erys was released in 2019.

    Jaden is known for his voice acting and fashion in addition to rapping and acting. His nonbinary fashion statements and joke flirting with Tyler the Creator had social media users shaking their heads. He’s dated several high-profile girlfriends including Kylie Jenner and Haily Baldwin.

  • 50 Cent’s ‘’In Da Club’’ hits 1.5 billion views on YouTube making it most viewed 2000s rap video; 50 reacts

    50 Cent’s ‘’In Da Club’’ hits 1.5 billion views on YouTube making it most viewed 2000s rap video; 50 reacts

    50 Cent continues to make history with ‘’In Da Club’’

    50 Cent continues to cement his position as one of the most successful Hip Hop artists of all time. On Sunday (July 3), 50’s 2003 megahit ‘’In Da Club’’ made history on YouTube after it clocked 1.5 billion views, making the most popular 2000s Hip Hop video on the social platform.

    The rapper & actor celebrated the milestone on Instagram while slamming people for not fully recognizing his achievements. “Still no best new artist [shrug emoji] I don’t know why people always want to cheat me man,” he wrote. “They are counting from 2009, that song came out in 2003 Damn it Man !”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CfkAWDVOgfI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Produced by DJ Quik, Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo, the record was released as the lead single for 50’s debut album, Get Rich Or Die Trying. The music video was directed by Philip Atwell. In 2020, it became the second pre-YouTube era rap song to accumulate 1 billion views right behind Eminem’s ‘’Without Me.’’

  • Royce da 5’9″ was born on July 5th

    Royce da 5’9″ was born on July 5th

    When was Royce da 5’9″ born? Royce da 5’9″ was born on July 5.

    Detroit rapper Royce da 5’9″ was born Ryan Daniel Montgomery in 1977. He’s known for rapping with Eminem, Slaughterhouse, J. Cole, and DJ Premier. He’s a well-known ghostwriter and solo artist as well. He is known for his wordplay and lyricism.

    He’s released 8 solo albums and collaborated as Bad Meets Evil with Eminem and PRhyme with DJ Premier. He had a beef with Proof for some time but the two eventually worked things out before Royce went to jail for a DUI. He is a father and married to his high school sweetheart.

  • Post Malone was born on July 4th

    Post Malone was born on July 4th

    When was Post Malone born? Post Malone was born on July 4th

    The Syracuse rapper was born Austin Richard Post. He moved to Texas as a child and got his start playing Guitar Hero and writing raps. His breakthrough came with the song “White Iverson” and he has since become a superstar, headlining tours and working with Kanye West, 21 Savage, and others.

    Post Malone is a father, sharing a daughter with Ashlen Diaz. He’s struggled with addiction and had a few spats with record labels over the release of his music. His hits include “Rockstar,” “Congratulations,” and “Sunflower.”

  • Michael Jackson reportedly refused to work with 2Pac over loyalty to Biggie

    Michael Jackson reportedly refused to work with 2Pac over loyalty to Biggie

    Quincy Jones III says Michael Jackson turned down 2Pac’s collab because ‘’He liked Biggie’’

    2Pac and Michael Jackson could have collaborated on the former’s song, ‘’Thug Nature,’’ but according to Quincy ‘’QD3’’ Jones, MJ turned down a request from ‘Pac’s team to hop on the record over loyalty to Biggie.

    “So I set up a meeting at Neverland [Ranch],” Jones III told BET, as noted by HipHopDx. “I go up there and told Michael about it. And do you know what Micheal said? He liked Biggie.”

    The record was supposed to appear on ‘Pac’s album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, but was consequently scrapped. It was a sample of MJ’s ”Human Nature” from Thriller album.

    “‘Pac would take all my beats including the ones I would never play for people,” Quincy added. “I learned a lesson that you gotta be spontaneous more and he taught me how to just think and just do it. ‘Pac would get irritated when you sat there and fiddled with sounds almost like you were disrespecting his time a little bit.”

    He continued, “I would say he was manic. There would be moments that called for quiet voice and candles and all that and he would be screaming and smoking Newports. He was on fire with this manic push. He was always pushing. You could tell he wasn’t comfortable in some way and there was something that was making him uncomfortable.”


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