Hip Hop Facts Blondie’s “Rapture” Was the First Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Single to Feature Rap Vocals
Hip Hop FactsBlondie’s “Rapture” Was the First Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Single to Feature Rap VocalsBeats, Rhymes & ListsDecember 3, 2022
Hip Hop FactsSnoop Dogg Was With Biggie During the Recording of “Ten Crack Commandments”Beats, Rhymes & ListsSeptember 8, 2022
Hip Hop FactsIce Cube Was Originally Part of a Rap Group Called Cru’ in Action! (C.I.A.)Beats, Rhymes & ListsSeptember 8, 2022
Hip Hop FactsDJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Were the First Rap Artists to Win a Grammy AwardBeats, Rhymes & ListsAugust 6, 2022
Hip Hop FactsRaekwon on “Skew It on the Bar-B” was OutKast’s First Non-Dungeon Family FeatureBeats, Rhymes & ListsJuly 15, 2022
Hip Hop FactsDJ Quik’s ‘Quik Is The Name’ Was Only Meant to be a MixtapeBeats, Rhymes & ListsJuly 1, 2022
Hip Hop FactsBig L’s “M.V.P.” Inspired Biggie’s “One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix)”Beats, Rhymes & ListsJune 28, 2022
Hip Hop FactsSugar Hill Records Was the First Hip Hop Record Label in HistoryBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 23, 2022
Hip Hop Facts‘Funky Technician’ Was DJ Premier’s First Production Outside of Gang StarrBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 20, 2022
Hip Hop FactsThe Sequence’s “Funk You Up” Was the First Rap Song to Feature a HookBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 12, 2022
Hip Hop FactsKendrick Lamar is the Rapper With the Most Grammy Nominations in a Single NightBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 9, 2022
Hip Hop FactsThe Clipse’s Debut Album ‘Exclusive Audio Footage’ Was ShelvedBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 5, 2022
Hip Hop Facts‘It’s Almost Dry’ is Pusha T’s First Billboard 200 Number One AlbumBeats, Rhymes & ListsMay 3, 2022
Hip Hop FactsKanye West’s “All of the Lights” Features 14 Other ArtistsBeats, Rhymes & ListsApril 21, 2022
Hip Hop FactsFuture and Drake Recorded ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ in Atlanta Over 6 DaysBeats, Rhymes & ListsApril 4, 2022
Hip Hop FactsSchoolly D’s “P.S.K. What Does It Mean?” Was the First Gangsta Rap RecordBeats, Rhymes & ListsMarch 31, 2022
Hip Hop Facts“The Bounce” Was the First Time Kanye Rapped on a Jay-Z SongBeats, Rhymes & ListsMarch 21, 2022
Hip Hop FactsCardi B is the First Female Rapper to Have a Diamond-Certified Song with “Bodak Yellow”Beats, Rhymes & ListsMarch 16, 2022
Hip Hop FactsYoungBoy Never Broke Again is the Third Artist to Top the Charts While IncarceratedBeats, Rhymes & ListsMarch 7, 2022
Hip Hop FactsCraig G Wrote & Coordinated the Rap Battle Scenes in ‘8 Mile’Beats, Rhymes & ListsMarch 3, 2022
Hip Hop FactsNas Confronted 2Pac at Bryant Park after the 1996 MTV Video Music AwardsBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 25, 2022
Hip Hop FactsPharrell Nearly Gave the “Grindin’” Beat Away to Jay-ZBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 24, 2022
Hip Hop FactsPharrell Co-Wrote Wreckx-n-Effect’s 1992 Hit “Rump Shaker”Beats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 20, 2022
Hip Hop FactsNas Fired Shots at Biggie and Jay Z on “The Message”Beats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 20, 2022
Hip Hop FactsFuture was Originally a Member of Atlanta’s Dungeon FamilyBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 20, 2022
Hip Hop FactsBone Thugs-n-Harmony is the Only Group to Have Worked with 2Pac, Biggie, Eazy-E, and Big Pun Before They PassedBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 20, 2022
Hip Hop FactsEric B. & Rakim Was the First Hip Hop Act to Sign a Million Dollar Record DealBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 19, 2022
Hip Hop FactsNo I.D. was Originally Kanye West’s Manager in the Early DaysBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 19, 2022
Hip Hop FactsBiggie and Jay-Z were Planning to Form a Supergroup Called The CommissionBeats, Rhymes & ListsFebruary 15, 2022
