Some Hip Hop Facts You Might Not Know

I said I would bring this every Saturday, but I was the best-man at my cousin's wedding last weekend, and couldn't put this up, so this is it- 11 hip hop facts you might not know. This is some pretty informative ish. Have fun being edu-tained.






11. Back in 95-96, Cypress Hill and Ice Cube had beef that escalated to the streets. The beef  jumped off from Ice Cube jacking some of Cypress Hill's (especially, member B Real's songs) songs after they played him their songs in the studio. An L.A rapper named Solo, and friends' of B Real caught up with Ice Cube at a Red Light, knocked him out in their altercation, and snatched Ice Cube's West Side Connection chain, which B Real put up at Cypress Hill concerts. The beef was squashed in January 1997.







10. Contrary to what a lot of people might think, Twista actually came on the scene before Bone-Thungs-N-Harmony. Back in the mid 90s, when Bone were blowing up the scene with their fast delivery and harmoney flow, twista accused them of jacking his style. But Bone Thugz members let it be known that their styles actually are different- Twista goes da da da ra-ta-ta-ta, and doesn't stop, but Bone's style is infused with the harmony. They squashed their beef in the late 90s when a mutual friend of both friend's got Twista and Bone to do a tracktogether.








9.  The cover of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... was the first time Ghostface had appeared in a photograph without a mask.







8.  At the time of his death, Tupac had no friend's except his homies, The Outlawz. He had falling out with his long time friend, Stretch; he dissed Dr Dre on his Makaveli album after Dre left Death Row Records; he didn't like the idea that Snoop wasn't riding with him in the Biggie beef; he had some tension with Death Row C.E.O himself, Suge Knight, as he was planning to leave the label.

7.  Prior to their now legendary beef, Suge Knight and Puff Daddy were friends who often held parties together and hung out on plenty of occasions. If Knight visited New York in 1994 he’d drop by Bad Boy’s office. If Puffy traveled to Los Angeles “he would come pick me up and we’d hang out” Puffy once said.

6.  In 1993, Death Row records was able to generate more than $75 million dollars and release two of the biggest selling hip hop albums of all time (Dr. Dre's The Chronic, and Snoop's Doggystyle album) in just a 10 month span. Vibe Magazine once described Death Row “as the most profitable, independently owned African American hip hop label of all time.”

5.  Eminem is the only rapper alive that has two albums that have attained Diamond status...that is, sold over 10 million copies. His 2000 Marshall Marthers LP, and his 2002 The Eminem Show both have sold diamond individually.

4.  Nas Ghost-wrote the hit, "Getting Jiggy With It" (1997) for Will Smith.

3.  Mary J Blige introduced The L.O.X (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Styles P) to Puffy back in the day, and was instrumental to them signing to Bad Boy Records.

2.  cassidy has been known to sleep in the studio for days on end with out eating or bathing in order to finish recording on time.

1.  Young Noble of the Outlawz who is from New Jersey gave Tupac a copy of Illmatic in the fall of 1994, Pac quickly became a fan and respected Nas for his artistry. In 1996 Tupac released his track about a man infatuated with his gun ‘Me and My Girlfriend’, which, according to the Outlawz was heavily influenced by Nas’ conceptual song ‘I Gave You Power.