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…
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…
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…
A$AP Ferg’s father, Darold Ferguson designed the Bad Boy Records logo
Growing up in a part of Harlem, New York known as “Hungry Ham (Hamilton Heights),” A$AP Ferg‘s late father, Darold…
Rap Jam: Volume One was the first Hip-Hop video game
In January 1995, Rap Jam: Volume One was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, making it the first hip-hop video…
Nate Dogg’s vocals on “Regulate” were recorded in a closet due to lack of furniture in Warren G’s apartment
Warren G sampled a VCR for the beginning of the 1994 hit “Regulate” using an Akai MPC60 and his cousin Nate Dogg recorded his…
Eazy-E signed a pre-Fergie Black Eyed Peas to Ruthless Records
Eazy-E signed a pre-Fergie Black Eyed Peas to his record label, Ruthless Records in 1992. At the time they group went by the moniker “Atban…
Ice Cube’s “Kill at Will” was the first hip-hop EP to go platinum
Kill at Will, also known as At Will in its censored version (Released December 18, 1990) the debut EP by Ice Cube was the…